Re: I been thinkin' too...uh-oh...

September 11, 2005

yeah, I've been thinking too...

My latest and greatest thought....

Average people should be able to be trained to cast per the Ponseti Method

and certified. No more docs. Sure, it'd be a logistics problem for

insurance but if they can do it with such success in Uganda... why can't

your average Joe do it? *I* want to learn how to cast babies properly

hehe... I'd do it for free too lol.

I know, pipe dream... but it sure would take care of the *modification*

issue.

For whatever it's worth, I think this is a good idea. Whether or not it

could be implemented... who knows. But it absolutely makes sense.

Kori

At 10:50 AM 9/11/2005, you wrote:

>hehehe...smell the wood burnin'??? :-)

>

>Anyway, I was thinking about all the issues with doctors claiming to

>use the Ponseti method, but modifying it or outright changing it.

>And I was thinking, there's got to be SOMETHING you can do about it.

>Soooo...that got me thinking about the Bradley Method. Okay, you're

>going to have to follow a bit--my mom is/was a Bradley teacher

>(natural childbirth method developed by (ta-da) Dr. Bradley). Now,

>you can't just go and call yourself a " Bradley instructor " , it must

>be licensed or copywrited or patented or something. Mom had to take

>a course, then get re-certified every year in order to stay

>a " Bradley instructor " . Why couldn't the same thing apply to

>the " Ponseti Method " ? Make it legal! Patent/copyright/license it!

>Make docs HAVE to come be instructed in Iowa (or where-ever) in

>order to be " certified Ponseti practitioners " . And make them HAVE to

>re-certify every year/2 years/whatever--send proof--patient studies,

>pics, etc. that prove they're following it TO THE LETTER still. This

>isn't stopping anyone from treating CF, or casting or whatever, but

>it would help stop docs from claiming to use the Ponseti method if

>they're not, right? It would be a legal issue then. I don't know,

>it's just a thought. Obviously I have no clue as to the legalities

>of this. But even if people still use the method and modify it, at

>least this would put the kibosh on them claiming it's the

>ACTUAL " Ponseti method " . Because it would be the " Ponseti Method

>tm " . :-) They'd have to call it the Ponsettia Method hehehe ;-}

>

September 11, 2005

I agree, there was so many times when I though tas I watched Gabe being casted

'Why couldn't I do that? "

frogabog wrote:yeah, I've been thinking too...