How many Ponsetti Casts did it actually take?

January 24, 2005

Hi Everyone,

Ive got a daughter 9wks being treated in the UK by a recommended

Ponsetti doc.

Her foot is Atypical (Dr Ponsetti confirmed by email). Anyway she

had trouble staying in the casts because of this. Dr Ponsetti said

this was a common problem with Atypical.

Anyway her foot has just slipped yet again. So had to take the cast

off as she was screaming in agony. We seam get a good result just

for the next cast to slip and undo some of the great correction.

Feel like I will be here forever!

My doctor is confident her foot will be corrected using Ponsetti,

and Ive seen her foot looking good when the cast has stayed on. He

also said her foot is a little trickier but not to worry.

Anyway she has had 9 casts so far, 3 falling off completly and 2

slipping. My consultant said he know another Ponsetti doc who has a

chart and one child ended up with 32 casts!!

How many casts did your child actually have done? As I know the

books and info say about 6!

I just want some feed back on how long it may take.

Thanks

Julzd and Aurora

January 24, 2005

We had 15 casts with a non-Ponseti doctor before switching. Many of

those slipped or fell off completely. After switching to the more

skilled hands of Dr. Herzenberg we had 9 casts. Only one of these

slipped. Does your doctor have you soak them off if they slip out of

place? Dr. Herzenberg had told us if they slipped more than an inch

to take them off as they may be causing harm and crushing the heel.

Our first doctor never told us this and I think Tommy's feet actually

got worse being in all those slipping casts where we couldn't even

see his toes.

Tommy Lee 4/23/04 Atypical BLCF s 23/7 for 1 more week

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Ive got a daughter 9wks being treated in the UK by a recommended

> Ponsetti doc.

>

> Her foot is Atypical (Dr Ponsetti confirmed by email). Anyway she

> had trouble staying in the casts because of this. Dr Ponsetti said

> this was a common problem with Atypical.

>

> Anyway her foot has just slipped yet again. So had to take the cast

> off as she was screaming in agony. We seam get a good result just

> for the next cast to slip and undo some of the great correction.

> Feel like I will be here forever!

>

> My doctor is confident her foot will be corrected using Ponsetti,

> and Ive seen her foot looking good when the cast has stayed on. He

> also said her foot is a little trickier but not to worry.

>

> Anyway she has had 9 casts so far, 3 falling off completly and 2

> slipping. My consultant said he know another Ponsetti doc who has a

> chart and one child ended up with 32 casts!!

>

> How many casts did your child actually have done? As I know the

> books and info say about 6!

>

> I just want some feed back on how long it may take.

>

> Thanks

> Julzd and Aurora

January 24, 2005

It took 3 casts, plus tenotomy, plus 2 casts by Ponseti a few months later for

full correction.

Who is your doctor? It has been a while since I talked to Dr Ponseti, but last

I did he advised me that Naomi is the highest qualified in UK to correct

atypical feet.

The casts should not be falling off. Yes, atypical feet can wiggle out of casts

that non-atypical feet cannot; but there should be somed modifications done to

prevent it. What Dr P and Dr Mosca both did with Kai, who was 9 mo old at the