Re: Introduction - from Germany

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

thank you very much for the link, but I already know that booklet, I

have used it countless times for references...

I appreciate the help, thanks!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

thank you very much for the link, but I already know that booklet, I

have used it countless times for references...

I appreciate the help, thanks!

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

yes, this is it. Thanks anyways...

-- In nosurgery4clubfoot , " " <jagrindon@Y...>

wrote:

>

> ,

> Is this what you already found at the U of I website?

>

http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/orthopaedicsurgery/faculty/pons

etti.html

>

> allison

>

>

>

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > after lurking for a long time I would like to finally introduce

us.

> > My name is and my daughter Pia, who is 16 months old, has

> > bilateral clubfeet. After 4 months of conventional treatment

> > (plastercasts) that would have lead to surgery we changed the

> > treatment method, since then we are true " Ponseti-believers " .

> >

> > In Germany, most doctors still do surgery on clubfeet. In 2002

one

> > doctor introduced the Ponseti-Method to Germany and began

treating

> > clubfeet using the method. He did this against all kinds of

> > resistance, but only slowly other docs are catching on. One year

> > later, another hospital began treating children with this

method,

> > after the leading othopeadist learned of the method at some

congress

> > in New York. He retired since then, but one of his colleages is

in

> > charge of the clubfeet in that hospital and has also visited Dr.

> > Ponseti...

> >

> > Its slow going in Germany, but there are more and more doctors.

> > There are also two websites about clubfeet, one favors the

surgical

> > method, the other is more neutral an in direction Ponseti-

Method.

> > Since there were so many fights in the last time about what

method

> > is better, does the brace hamper the kids in their development

and

> > so on, I decided to build a new website. This one is supposed to

be

> > about the Ponseti-Method alone.

> >

> > Now I have a question: I am looking for a curriculum vitae of

Dr.

> > Ponseti. I found something about him on the UofIowa-website and

the

> > Essay that was postet here. But I am also interested in the time

> > before he came to the US and the time in between then and now -

I

> > know that he was very active also in the treatment of scoliosis.

> >

> > I would be very thankful for some information. If you all have

> > questions concerning the treatment in Germany, I am happy to

answer

> > them!

> >

> > Thank you!

> >

> >

> > Pia 09/10/04 ALFA-Flex-Brace 12-14/24)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

yes, this is it. Thanks anyways...

-- In nosurgery4clubfoot , " " <jagrindon@Y...>

wrote:

>

> ,

> Is this what you already found at the U of I website?

>

http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/orthopaedicsurgery/faculty/pons

etti.html

>

> allison

>

>

>

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > after lurking for a long time I would like to finally introduce

us.

> > My name is and my daughter Pia, who is 16 months old, has

> > bilateral clubfeet. After 4 months of conventional treatment

> > (plastercasts) that would have lead to surgery we changed the

> > treatment method, since then we are true " Ponseti-believers " .

> >

> > In Germany, most doctors still do surgery on clubfeet. In 2002

one

> > doctor introduced the Ponseti-Method to Germany and began

treating

> > clubfeet using the method. He did this against all kinds of

> > resistance, but only slowly other docs are catching on. One year

> > later, another hospital began treating children with this

method,

> > after the leading othopeadist learned of the method at some

congress

> > in New York. He retired since then, but one of his colleages is

in

> > charge of the clubfeet in that hospital and has also visited Dr.

> > Ponseti...

> >

> > Its slow going in Germany, but there are more and more doctors.

> > There are also two websites about clubfeet, one favors the

surgical

> > method, the other is more neutral an in direction Ponseti-

Method.

> > Since there were so many fights in the last time about what

method

> > is better, does the brace hamper the kids in their development

and

> > so on, I decided to build a new website. This one is supposed to

be

> > about the Ponseti-Method alone.

> >

> > Now I have a question: I am looking for a curriculum vitae of

Dr.

> > Ponseti. I found something about him on the UofIowa-website and

the

> > Essay that was postet here. But I am also interested in the time

> > before he came to the US and the time in between then and now -

I

> > know that he was very active also in the treatment of scoliosis.

> >

> > I would be very thankful for some information. If you all have

> > questions concerning the treatment in Germany, I am happy to

answer

> > them!

> >

> > Thank you!

> >

> >

> > Pia 09/10/04 ALFA-Flex-Brace 12-14/24)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

,

If you go to http://members.tripod.com/ponseti_links-ivil under the

media section, there are quite a few links to articles about Dr. P's

history. This might help, hopefully.

>

> Hi ,

>

> thank you very much for the link, but I already know that booklet, I

> have used it countless times for references...

>

> I appreciate the help, thanks!

>

>

>