Re: Could pain in feet be the first sign of relapsing?

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Idit,

I don't know anything about this since my daughter is only 14 months

but I would be very interested in hearing Dr. P's reply. Please keep

us posted. Good luck.

Donna

>

> Dear parents,

> Here I am writing again to ask for your advice.

> Here is a letter I wrote to Dr.P this evening. I hope some of you

> help me figure out what is going on with my son's feet.

> Thanks a lot

> Idit, mom to Oshri, 2.4 years. BL clubfeet.

>

> " Dear Dr. Ponseti,

>

> You have helped us previously with valuable advice and

information,

> and we are more than grateful for you kind support. Now we are

> writing again to ask your advice re. the clubfeet condition of our

> son. He is 2.4 years old, bilateral clubfoot, and treated since

> birth in the Ponseti method. Since age 3 months he wears the DB

> brace, currently for 10 hours a day (when he sleeps). In the last

> three months, he persistently reports pains in his feet. His

> language skills are very developed, and we have a good reason to

> believe that he does not confuse the feet pain with other

feelings.

> Sometimes he wakes up during night and complains about pain, and

> then we remove the DB.

> During the last three months we changed his Markell shoes to a

> larger size, changed the length of the DB bar back and forth in

> order to find the " optimal " length, and bought him new day/walking

> shoes. In addition, we massage his feet every night for 10 minutes.

>

> We are not sure how relevant is this, but our son also has hyper-

> flexibility of muscles.

>

> Last week he was examined by his orthopedist doctor (Dr. Ron

Lamdan,

> from the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel) , who says that

the

> correction of his clubfeet is perfect. The doctor saw his DB bar

> and his Markell shoes, and said that everything is in the right

size

> and measure. The doctor also said that he cannot think of any

cause

> for the pain of our child.

>

> Our questions are: Is there any reason to suspect that these pains

> might indicate a relapse of the clubfoot? Is there anything we

> should do right now? "

>