Re: Treatment for non-clubbed feet that have significant in toeing?

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Not broken, cut shear thru. But that is an extremely rare thing.

Normally this self-corrects.

http://www.fpnotebook.com/ORT280.htm That is about tibial torsion

http://www.fpnotebook.com/ORT269.htm That is the various causes of

in-toeing.

My middle child has a combination of MA, tibiial and femoral

torsion. When she is in a growth spurt, she trips all the time -

just walking - but then it straightens back out for a while. Until

she was 3 it did not straighten out in between, tho.

Angel

> > >

> > > Hi all,

> > >

> > > I'm hoping that one of you will have some information about the

> > > situation I encountered this evening. I was taking my kids to

> get

> > > haircuts and I had put 's shoes on before we went. As

soon

> as

> > > I got to the salon, a woman says, we have one of those too. She

> was

> > > referring to the shoes. So as we are talking about it she says

> that

> > > her son, 2 1/2 years old, began intoeing when he began walking.

> He

> > > does not have a diagnosis of clubfeet. She has been fighting

> with

> > > the pediatrician about the necessity for treatment because the

> > child

> > > falls when he tries to run. I looked at his feet and they are

> > > straight feet that turn in at the ankle. Anyway, she finally

> went

> > to

> > > a " specialist " , who isn't really a specialist at all. He sent

> her

> > to

> > > some kind of an orthotic fitter who gave her a pair of sneakers

> > (not

> > > Markell's, not a corrective shoe at all) with a bar that clips

> on

> > to

> > > the rubber part of the sneaker!! The sneakers are set at 90

> > degrees!

> > > He wears them while he naps and he is supposed to wear them

> while

> > > sleeping but since he is 2 1/2 he just takes them off. This

> child

> > > has not had any sort of treatment, just these sneakers set at

90

> > > degrees.

> > >

> > > This sounds really strange to me. From everything I have

> learned,

> > > shoes do not provide correction, but prevent relapses. 90

> degrees

> > > sounds like it would be torture to a 2 1/2 year old who has had

> no

> > > previous treatment. I gave her the information about 's

> > doctor

> > > and encouraged her to get a second opinion.

> > >

> > > What is it called when there is just intoeing? (Besides pigeon

> > feet!)

> > > I'm hoping someone will have some feedback about this. I didn't

> > want

> > > to scare this mother by telling her I thought her son's

> treatment

> > > was pure crap, but it sure sounds that way to me.

> > >

> > > Thanks.

> > >

> > > Donna

> > > mother to (13), (6), Jakob (3), and (12

> > > months) with corrected bilateral clubfeet, FAB 12-14/7

> > >

> >

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