Re: Re: Intoeing subject / info from PT

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Aidan's big toes also turn in a little when he stands. The foot is perfectly

straight just the toe curves in. I asked her if she thought it was a sign of

relaspe and she said no. His feet look great, are very flexible and are

straight when he stands and just relaxed out of his shoes.

She said that the toe will turn in to compensate for the hips being pulled out

(via the shoes) His hips are fine but are used to being held further apart, so

when he stands he does so at a little wider gate. The toe curves in a little

for balance... Hope that makes sense.

jwray11 hwray98@...> wrote:

Holly-

Thank you for the update on . I'm sorry to hear she started

intoeing again. Is there any way for you to post a picture of her

intoeing. The reason I ask is my son has always intoed on his left

foot (CF) and still does at 3yr 2 months. I think that intoe is the

correct term. His toes seems to curve inward a little. I first sent

pictures of it to Dr. P when my son was 4 months old because I was

concerned and he said that his foot is well corrected and that is

common with CF children. I've since asked Dr. Colburn about it at

visits and he said it is nothing to be concerned about. It is

exactly the same today as it was when he was 4 months old. It does

not cause tripping or anything but is sometimes more noticable than

other times. I'm just curious as to why 's intoeing is a

concern and my son's foot isn't.

> We had 's check up in Iowa yesterday (Monday morning).

> Unfortunatly we were unable to see Dr. Ponseti because he was not

> feeling well but were reassured that he was fine just not feeling

> well enough to come into the clinic that day. We met for the first

> time Dr. Morcuende and he examined 's feet. There were about

5

> other doctors present from Colorado also observing.

> He said that 's feet are very strong and still nice and

> flexible. She has good calf muscles that are strong as well and

have

> devoloped nicely. She walks well on her heals as well as her toes

> (she has never been able to walk well on her toes before, but

perhaps

> thanks in part to ballet is doing great now in that area),she has

> also developed a slight arch on each foot which was nice to hear

> since up until now, she had been flat footed. However, she is

> intoeing like we thought. Her intoeing is not due to the

metatarsal

> area, it is the tendon on the top of her feet that is still

showing

> signs of some pulling in. So, we are now back in the shoe brace

> again. She went out at 3yrs, back in two months later for another

2

> years. Out again at 5 yrs. (just 3 months ago) and now we are back

in

> them again. We need to wear them at night and hope that her feet

> respond as last time and correct the slight intoeing she has. If

her

> feet do not respond, then the shoes would not be enough and

therefor

> it would be pointless to make her continue wearing them. If the

shoes

> work, she will be in them for another 8-10 months bringing her to

> almost 6 years old.

> I had told her that I thought she might need to start wearing them

> again so that she wasn't surprised at the appointment. She is so

easy

> going about it all again, but I can see the diappointment in her

face

> this time. She was so enjoying being out of the brace and now that

> she is older, it seems a little harder for me to accept it but at

the

> same time, I don't want to see her have to go through the ATT

surgery

> either if we can help it. My biggest worry is that even if the

brace

> works, what happens 8-10 months from now when we discontiue the

brace

> yet again. She will be even that much older.

> Dr. Morcuende was very nice, we enjoyed talking with him and were

> glad to answer the doctors from Colorado's questions about

also.

> Before we left we were heading to American Prosthetics for a new

pair

> of shoes and the nurse caught us in the hallway. She said to come

> back after getting the shoes, Dr. Ponseti wanted to come in and we

> could see him. I asked her if she was sure he should be doing

that,

> he should be taking better care of himself. We came back about a

half

> hour later and she approached us again and said she was sorry, but

he

> just didn't feel well enough to come in. That man never ceases to

> amaze us, always trying to put others first. Hopefully Mrs.

Ponseti

> told him he needed to rest! (Don't worry anyone reading this

story,

> we were told it was just a stomach bug):-)

>

> Holly and (born: 2-11-00 mod-severe bilateral)