Re: Feet turning in (pigeon toed)

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Aloha all:)

I was reading this last post and It hits home for my son also. He is 3

1/2 and wears his shoes (Markell w/red adjustable U shaped DBB bar) when he

sleeps. We just had our last ck up and Dr. also cked flex/ angle/ rotation, and

how far he could point down and up with toes, and said all is well and on

track. But I too have a thing about his feet...they are turned inward and he

falls when he runs. The Dr. said this will correct in time, but it bothers me,

I

don't know if I should raise a fuss, or give it time to correct itself.

Because we have been through the Ponseti method from birth, with one relapse

under our belt even though we had one time out on the shoes when he was

hospitalized with a bad flu that cost us 2 nights without his shoes. I have a

realtime

clip of him walking if anyone wants to see it please feel free to e-mail me

and I will let you see the clip...anyhow I fear the loss of time, if it does

not correct...does that make sense? I was thinking about sending the clip to

Dr. Ponseti, like we did with his last problem...would love some input on

weather I should or not...

Thank you Carole Fujishima _cfhawaii50@..._ (mailto:cfhawaii50@...)

[Guest guest]

Carole,

It never hurts to get a second opinion, especially from the master himself.

Take pictures from all angles and dorsiflexed up and down, bearing weight in

standing position from the back. If you have video of him having trouble

running, I would try to get that to Ponseti as well.

I haven't heard of anyone complain about the feet turning in, when fully

corrected, at a later age. Usually it is the opposite problem. I am certainly

no doctor. If I were you, I would put all second guessing aside, put your mind

at ease, and get a second opinion. After all, he could say his feet look great

and then you won't have to worry anymore.

Good luck. HTH!!

cfhawaii50@... wrote:

Aloha all:)

I was reading this last post and It hits home for my son also. He is 3

1/2 and wears his shoes (Markell w/red adjustable U shaped DBB bar) when he

sleeps. We just had our last ck up and Dr. also cked flex/ angle/ rotation, and

how far he could point down and up with toes, and said all is well and on

track. But I too have a thing about his feet...they are turned inward and he

falls when he runs. The Dr. said this will correct in time, but it bothers me,

I

don't know if I should raise a fuss, or give it time to correct itself.

Because we have been through the Ponseti method from birth, with one relapse

under our belt even though we had one time out on the shoes when he was

hospitalized with a bad flu that cost us 2 nights without his shoes. I have a

realtime

clip of him walking if anyone wants to see it please feel free to e-mail me

and I will let you see the clip...anyhow I fear the loss of time, if it does

not correct...does that make sense? I was thinking about sending the clip to

Dr. Ponseti, like we did with his last problem...would love some input on

weather I should or not...

Thank you Carole Fujishima _cfhawaii50@..._ (mailto:cfhawaii50@...)

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Aloha all:)

>

> I was reading this last post and It hits home for my son also.

He is 3

> 1/2 and wears his shoes (Markell w/red adjustable U shaped DBB

bar) when he

> sleeps. We just had our last ck up and Dr. also cked flex/ angle/

rotation, and

> how far he could point down and up with toes, and said all is well

and on

> track. But I too have a thing about his feet...they are turned

inward and he

> falls when he runs. The Dr. said this will correct in time, but it

bothers me, I

> don't know if I should raise a fuss, or give it time to correct

itself.

> Because we have been through the Ponseti method from birth, with

one relapse

> under our belt even though we had one time out on the shoes when he

was

> hospitalized with a bad flu that cost us 2 nights without his

shoes. I have a realtime

> clip of him walking if anyone wants to see it please feel free to

e-mail me

> and I will let you see the clip...anyhow I fear the loss of time,

if it does

> not correct...does that make sense? I was thinking about sending

the clip to

> Dr. Ponseti, like we did with his last problem...would love some

input on

> weather I should or not...

>

> Thank you Carole Fujishima _cfhawaii50@o..._

(mailto:cfhawaii50@o...)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Carole,

do you mean the front part of the foot is turned in, or is it turning

on its side, so he's walking on the outside border of the foot? Did

the turning in just recently develop?

for more info, you might want to take a look at page 17 in the Global

Health booklet

http://www.global-help.org/publications/cf-english.pdf

I urge you to follow your mom's instinct.. if you feel it's not right

to just 'wait and see' don't be reluctant to push for more

information or being more proactive. if he's tripping and falling i'd

be concerned too.

Relapse happens mostly due to noncompliance with the bracing, but it

can also happen in those who have used the brace faithfully.

here's a link to a messageboard post including text about Dr.

Ponseti's 2001 article regarding relapses:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nosurgery4clubfoot/message/13223

hope you get things figured out.

Good luck and take care,

and Claire 6/29/00