What constitutes atypical clubfoot?

[Guest guest]

I e-mailed Dr. Poseti a picture of my son's recently corrected feet,

they are still in casts, and he mentioned they looked short. He

wondered if they were atypical and said I may need to use the

shoes.

I've read that atypical feet have a crease across the sole, but my

son's feet do not have that. Can he have atypical clubfeet without

the crease? I want to be prepared ahead of time to mention the

shoes to our doctor. I did ask him once if had

atypical clubfeet and he didn't really answer.

and 11/10/03 bilateral clubfeet

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My Tommy does not have the crease either but Dr. Ponseti said he does

have atypical feet after looking at some pictures. Tommy's feet are

very short and fat. They have been described as sausage feet. I

don't think there are clear cut rules but atypical feet are short,

fat and difficult to treat. If you think his feet are atypical

definitely go for the shoes.

Tommy Lee 4/23/04 BLCF Atypcal s 23/7

>

> I e-mailed Dr. Poseti a picture of my son's recently corrected

feet,

> they are still in casts, and he mentioned they looked short. He

> wondered if they were atypical and said I may need to use the

> shoes.

>

> I've read that atypical feet have a crease across the sole, but my

> son's feet do not have that. Can he have atypical clubfeet without

> the crease? I want to be prepared ahead of time to mention the

> shoes to our doctor. I did ask him once if had

> atypical clubfeet and he didn't really answer.

>

> and 11/10/03 bilateral clubfeet