multiple castings for atypical feet

[Guest guest]

Yes, good point, and well taken but with that should we add that most docs

don't know how to treat Atypical feet in the first place?

s.

Hello all. I just wanted to address something that has been bugging me for a

while: It's about multiple castings. Several posts I've noticed have included

the complaint that their childs docs have casted them like, 7 times, and they

still aren't finished withthe casting. Immediately it seems people write in to

say that that's too much casting and their docs probably aren't doing it right.

In general, I would say this is true, but in the case of atypical feet, those

norms don't really apply. Gabe's feet were half corrected when we got to Iowa

and Ponseti casted him every 5 days for 7 weeks, so ... While usually I would

agree that something is amiss with a lot of these kids treatments, especially if

said doc is deviating in other ways, I just wanted to note that with the

atypical kids, the usual 4 or 5 casts doesn't offen do the job. So, if a

questioning parents writes in with this particular complaint, maybe " do you know

if your child has atypical cf? " should be our first question.

Just a thought.... Hope everyone had a good weekend!

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[Guest guest]

Hello all. I just wanted to address something that has been bugging me for a

while: It's about multiple castings. Several posts I've noticed have included

the complaint that their childs docs have casted them like, 7 times, and they

still aren't finished withthe casting. Immediately it seems people write in to

say that that's too much casting and their docs probably aren't doing it right.

In general, I would say this is true, but in the case of atypical feet, those

norms don't really apply. Gabe's feet were half corrected when we got to Iowa

and Ponseti casted him every 5 days for 7 weeks, so ... While usually I would

agree that something is amiss with a lot of these kids treatments, especially if

said doc is deviating in other ways, I just wanted to note that with the

atypical kids, the usual 4 or 5 casts doesn't offen do the job. So, if a

questioning parents writes in with this particular complaint, maybe " do you know

if your child has atypical cf? " should be our first question.

Just a thought.... Hope everyone had a good weekend!

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[Guest guest]

I agree, even though we were fortunate to have our son in only 5 casts. Our Dr.

told us originally that it could be 7-10 casts for proper angles.

S

faith slattery wrote:

Hello all. I just wanted to address something that has been bugging me for a

while: It's about multiple castings. Several posts I've noticed have included

the complaint that their childs docs have casted them like, 7 times, and they

still aren't finished withthe casting. Immediately it seems people write in to

say that that's too much casting and their docs probably aren't doing it right.

In general, I would say this is true, but in the case of atypical feet, those

norms don't really apply. Gabe's feet were half corrected when we got to Iowa

and Ponseti casted him every 5 days for 7 weeks, so ... While usually I would

agree that something is amiss with a lot of these kids treatments, especially if

said doc is deviating in other ways, I just wanted to note that with the

atypical kids, the usual 4 or 5 casts doesn't offen do the job. So, if a

questioning parents writes in with this particular complaint, maybe " do you know

if your child has atypical cf? " should be our first question.

Just a thought.... Hope everyone had a good weekend!

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