Re: article in Canadian publication

[Guest guest]

I can't find the article, can you help me, thanks.

and Claire atemc@...> wrote:

just fyi..

an article dated today on the changeover in treatment:

April 15, 2005

Non-surgical clubfoot treatment takes off

Internet popularizes decades-old Ponseti method of foot stretching and

casting

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/health/article.jsp?

content=20050415_103839_1268

[Guest guest]

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> I can't find the article, can you help me, thanks.

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Reid,

for some reason, links longer than 1 line aren't 'clickable' in the

format of this board.. you can, though, cut and paste the two parts

into your browser to make it work.

I know it must be an emotional and overwhelminging time for you and

your wife, to have been thrown into this new world.. I hope you are

encouraged by the stories you hear from the parents here. It really

is a condition that can be treated well.. you have every reason to be

optimistic.

My daughter was born almost 5 years ago with unilateral left

clubfoot. We were surprised at delivery (it was never picked up on

ultrasound). It was crushing news at the time.. not knowing what it

would mean for our child. If only I had known then what I know now..

and what I'd like to tell you.. is that, with good treatment, a child

born with clubfoot will do very well. Seeing my daughter, you'd never

have any idea anything had ever been wrong. She does ballet, jumps,

runs, tiptoes, rides a bike.. does anything any kid her age can do,

and her foot looks wonderful. You'd have a hard time telling the

clubfoot out of the two. She is a completely normal little girl.

I do attribute her success and good results completely to the Ponseti

method, to which we switched after initial unsuccessful treatment.

You are so fortunate that your child is being born at a time when

more and more doctors finally are realizing the superiority of this

method and are taking it up.. At the time my daughter was born, it

was only just beginning to be recognized as valid in a widespread

way, and it was still very hard to find doctors skilled in it, and

often required travel to do so.

Please don't let this news sap the joy out of your wife's pregnancy.

with the research you are doing, and the preparation you'll have..

you'll do great. Look at the testimonials and family stories at both

the Virtual Hospital site and at the Ponseti links site.. and I know

you will be encouraged.

Here is an extenstive collection of links, including other media

articles, which might be of interest:

http://pages.ivillage.com/ponseti_links/

Here is a detailed booklet on the method:

http://www.global-help.org/publications/cf-english.pdf

And of course, here is Dr. Ponseti's main site for info:

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/index.html

which includes testimonials and a downloadable video.

Hang in there,

and Claire

born 6/29/00

treated by Dr. P beginning at 3 months