From 85 to 40???

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Hi All,

Quick history:

casted at birth incorrectly. At 4 weeks was casted correctly and fully

corrected by Ponseti trained Dr. She relapsed at 9 mos and he recommended AFO's

so we went to see Dr. P. He recasted and fully corrected her and diagnosed her

feet as severely atypical. (Of course she always chooses the hard way to do

something). She relapsed again (darn those atypical feet) and Dr. Ponseti

casted them once more. She wears the PM's that are set at 85 degree by Dr. P at

the moment. They were 90 so 85 is at least a start in the right direction!

We're due to go back to Dr. P in October for a check. He's also deciding

whether she'll need the ATTT but will decide that after she's been walking about

6 mos. Here in lies the issue.

is 19 mos old and will cruise around anything and everything. She pushes

anything that will push around so she can walk behind it and she CONSTANTLY

wants us to 'walk' her around and around the circle of the house. Walking isn't

the issue. Balancing on the other hand is. She has such loose ligaments that

she can turn her foot almost 180 degrees without it bothering her much and when

her foot gets caught we are often amazed at her 'flexibility'. It is this

flexibility however, and the ligaments that won't give her enough of a base of

support to balance herself. Our PT and our Ped say that her outside ligaments

that are stretched when the feet are clubbed haven't shortened as they are

supposed to do. And we figure that keeping her feet at 85 degrees isn't helping

the situation. Her feet 'bow out' at the ankle area and her knee hyperextends

backwards.

Dr. Ponseti just recommended that we take her to 40 to try to help the situation

and get back to him ASAP. Has anyone ever had any issues like this as far as

the ligaments go? And has anyone decreased the angle so drastically in just a

short time? Did your child have difficulty with it?

Thanks for your thoughts,

Chris

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Quick history:

casted at birth incorrectly. At 4 weeks was casted correctly and fully

corrected by Ponseti trained Dr. She relapsed at 9 mos and he recommended AFO's

so we went to see Dr. P. He recasted and fully corrected her and diagnosed her

feet as severely atypical. (Of course she always chooses the hard way to do

something). She relapsed again (darn those atypical feet) and Dr. Ponseti

casted them once more. She wears the PM's that are set at 85 degree by Dr. P at

the moment. They were 90 so 85 is at least a start in the right direction!

We're due to go back to Dr. P in October for a check. He's also deciding

whether she'll need the ATTT but will decide that after she's been walking about

6 mos. Here in lies the issue.

is 19 mos old and will cruise around anything and everything. She pushes

anything that will push around so she can walk behind it and she CONSTANTLY

wants us to 'walk' her around and around the circle of the house. Walking isn't

the issue. Balancing on the other hand is. She has such loose ligaments that

she can turn her foot almost 180 degrees without it bothering her much and when

her foot gets caught we are often amazed at her 'flexibility'. It is this

flexibility however, and the ligaments that won't give her enough of a base of

support to balance herself. Our PT and our Ped say that her outside ligaments

that are stretched when the feet are clubbed haven't shortened as they are

supposed to do. And we figure that keeping her feet at 85 degrees isn't helping

the situation. Her feet 'bow out' at the ankle area and her knee hyperextends

backwards.

Dr. Ponseti just recommended that we take her to 40 to try to help the situation

and get back to him ASAP. Has anyone ever had any issues like this as far as

the ligaments go? And has anyone decreased the angle so drastically in just a

short time? Did your child have difficulty with it?

Thanks for your thoughts,

Chris

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.