Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Carly, I just wanted to give you a heads up. Please don't be naive and believe your doctor practices the Ponseti Method correctly just because he came highly recommended. My daughter's first doctor also was highly recommended by my pediatrician, gyn, etc. It turned out he didn't know what he was doing and nearly damaged my daughters feet. He also claimed he trained with Dr. Ponseti, but when I researched myself, it turned out he was lying. I contacted Dr. Ponseti myself and he had never heard of my 1st doctor nor had any record of him attending any of his symposiums. I am not saying this is the case with your doctor, but I just wanted to let you know you can't always 'believe' and 'trust' what the doctors say. Good luck. Shook Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc. 2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500 Vienna, VA 22182 x374 x374 fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Carly, I just wanted to give you a heads up. Please don't be naive and believe your doctor practices the Ponseti Method correctly just because he came highly recommended. My daughter's first doctor also was highly recommended by my pediatrician, gyn, etc. It turned out he didn't know what he was doing and nearly damaged my daughters feet. He also claimed he trained with Dr. Ponseti, but when I researched myself, it turned out he was lying. I contacted Dr. Ponseti myself and he had never heard of my 1st doctor nor had any record of him attending any of his symposiums. I am not saying this is the case with your doctor, but I just wanted to let you know you can't always 'believe' and 'trust' what the doctors say. Good luck. Shook Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc. 2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500 Vienna, VA 22182 x374 x374 fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Amen. Nearly 18 months of physical therapy did us no good whatsoever. s. Re: physiotherapy?? Hi, Glen & Carly- Are you sure that your son's feet are fully corrected? If the brace is set up correctly and he's still able to pull his feet out, it's usually an indicator that the foot/feet are not completely corrected. What doctor are you seeing? Perhaps we can suggest another doctor in your area for a second opinion? The doctor should be able to correct the feet with casts and the percutaneous tenotomy. There shouldn't be a need for physical therapy to " finish correction " . Doctors will prescribe stretches- but only to keep the tendons stretched and supple- not to " aid in the correction " if you will. If you want to share pictures with us on the CFPics group, we can give you our opinions as well. Regards, & (3-16-00, left clubfoot) > Dear Group, > > My wife and I have been experiencing similar problems with our > son's shoes. He is 3 months old, and has been out of his casts and > already on his second pair of shoes since August 11th (having been > switched from the Markel TM-1644 to the open heel TM-1645 style). > > We have been to the orthodics specialists 4 times for adjustments > to no avail with our son continuing to pull his feet out or raise his > heels up. > > In our last visit with the Doctor- who also could not get the shoes > to stay on properly - a suggestion of some sort of physiotherapy was > mentioned as an alternative method if the shoes continued to be a > problem. > > Has anyone heard of (or tried) anything like this? > What would it entail? Or is this simply not a viable option? > > Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. > > Respectfully, > > Glen and Carly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Amen. Nearly 18 months of physical therapy did us no good whatsoever. s. Re: physiotherapy?? Hi, Glen & Carly- Are you sure that your son's feet are fully corrected? If the brace is set up correctly and he's still able to pull his feet out, it's usually an indicator that the foot/feet are not completely corrected. What doctor are you seeing? Perhaps we can suggest another doctor in your area for a second opinion? The doctor should be able to correct the feet with casts and the percutaneous tenotomy. There shouldn't be a need for physical therapy to " finish correction " . Doctors will prescribe stretches- but only to keep the tendons stretched and supple- not to " aid in the correction " if you will. If you want to share pictures with us on the CFPics group, we can give you our opinions as well. Regards, & (3-16-00, left clubfoot) > Dear Group, > > My wife and I have been experiencing similar problems with our > son's shoes. He is 3 months old, and has been out of his casts and > already on his second pair of shoes since August 11th (having been > switched from the Markel TM-1644 to the open heel TM-1645 style). > > We have been to the orthodics specialists 4 times for adjustments > to no avail with our son continuing to pull his feet out or raise his > heels up. > > In our last visit with the Doctor- who also could not get the shoes > to stay on properly - a suggestion of some sort of physiotherapy was > mentioned as an alternative method if the shoes continued to be a > problem. > > Has anyone heard of (or tried) anything like this? > What would it entail? Or is this simply not a viable option? > > Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. > > Respectfully, > > Glen and Carly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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