Re: Flat Footed, Over Corrected & Loose Joints at 16 months old

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Hi, Tomi.

was diagnosed with loose ligaments when she was 10 mo old. She

stopped wearing the brace just before her 1st birthday when she was

walking full time. Her knees hyper-extend, her fingers and wrists

are very flexible (bending back toward her forearm) etc.

Dr. Ponseti told us that we still face a risk of relapse, however, if

that happened, it would be easier to deal with than potential

problems resulting from wearing the brace. The loose ligaments cause

the foot to take to the over-correction much better than in

the " normal " clubfoot kids with rigid/tighter ligaments.

That's the way I understand it anyway. 's been out of the brace

for a year and a half now and we haven't had any problems.

Hope this helps,

& 3-16-00

left clubfoot

> Here is our latest update for those of you who are interested.

> Recap & Update:

> Little Wayne born 3/31/01 bilateral clubfoot, treated 9 days old

with a

> non-Ponseti Doctor, full length casts, changed every 7 to 10 days.

At

> the end of May 2001, we went to see Dr. Ponseti. We had 5 casts

with him

> and was cast free the first week of July. He wore the DBB for 3

months

> FAITHFULLY full-time (23/24), then after that only at naps and

nightime.

> In March 2002, Dr. Ponseti, reduced his time to only night wearing

(12

> hours). He began walking full time at 15 months old. The next

visit (16

> months old), which was a few weeks ago, he said his feet are very

loose,

> flexible, over corrected and flat footed! He thought we didn't

need to

> put the bar on anymore at all! My husband and I have been very

> faithful to do exactly what Dr. Ponseti has recommended in the

past.

> What have you heard or experienced with this situation? I called

Dr.

> Ponseti back with my concerns and he told me it's only common in 5%

of

> his cases.

>

> Tomi in Indiana

>

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