How Parents And The Internet Transformed Clubfoot Treatment

When Jennifer Trevillian's daughter was born with clubfoot in 2000, the doctors said surgery was inevitable. "He started talking about her pending surgery before he physically examined her foot," Trevillian remembers. Trevillian started researching the condition on her new dial-up connection. There wasn't much. But she did find a few other parents talking about another option on iVillage, and a new Yahoo support group called NoSurgery4ClubFoot.

A Conversation with Clubfoot Moms

This episode is extra special because it features two of my very favorite clubfoot moms, Gina and Megan. We all met before our cutie's were born, and have continued down the clubfoot treatment journey since then.

Clubfoot Resources for Parents

Parents revolutionized access to clubfoot treatment. They brought Dr. Ponseti’s treatment to the world by sharing research and helping other families navigate medical options through online forums.

Clubfoot: Two Mama's Journeys

Clubfoot or Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV) is a common addition that affects one or both feet of a newborn bub. We've decided to share the stories of Jess and Annalise, whose bub's both experience clubfoot to help you give a better understanding of the condition and what the treatment involves.

Finding Inspiration in a Doctor’s Legacy

As Dr. Ponseti put it, surgeons love “their little knives.” The parents of children cured using his technique helped change things about a decade ago by taking to the Internet to spread the word. And it even gets better: the Ponseti method, as it is known, can be taught to nondoctors, making it a treatment that can be readily transferred anywhere in the world.

From One Clubfoot Mommy to Another - My Beautiful Mess

There are so many things that you don’t think about until you’re faced with it. What kind of clothes will go over a cast? How will I bathe him? I was surprised to learn that he could wear most regular clothes with the cast

Gene for Clubfoot Uncovered

Although the researchers could not find this specific mutation in 100 unrelated clubfoot patients, Jeff Murray, a pediatrician who studies the molecular basis of birth defects at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, says he is still excited by the discovery.

How Long Does Clubfoot Treatment Take?

The time frame to correct these types of child foot problems depends on when treatment begins, the severity of the clubfoot, and the kind of treatment. The gold standard is the Ponseti method, which we recommend for most infants.

Ignacio Ponseti, Hero to Many With Clubfoot, Dies at 95

Dr. Ponseti came up with his method after realizing that surgery for clubfoot actually did harm. Drawing on his experience tending to the wounded in the Spanish Civil War, he found that a regimen of plaster casts, braces and manipulations by hand could avoid the costs and aftereffects of surgery.

In a Remote Village, Witnessing Miracles

In this village, clubfoot used to be a life sentence: The grandma, Yahin-yee Korwee, never went to school, nor did her daughter, Hannah Cooper, 26. The grandfather abandoned the family when Hannah was born, ashamed that neighbors mocked her as a cripple.

In Honor of World Clubfoot Day – My Journey as a Clubfoot Mama

Today is World Clubfoot Day. For most, it’s just another day, because let’s face it, there is a ‘day’ for everything and who can keep track of all of them? But for me, it is a day of significance. A day that I reflect on my journey as a mom of a son born with bilateral clubfeet, and a day that I can now look back on my journey and reflect on the good, bad, and ugly, and ultimately be thankful for the journey that I never expected to have.

My Strong Little Journey: Erin and Jackson- Club Foot

That first year of treatment was the most beautiful, emotional, exhausting, chaotically perfect year of my life. His journey made me dig deep and find a strength I never new I had, he inspires me and shows me what true strength and resilience is daily, I am so grateful to be his Mum & count my blessings every day he chose us.

Scientists Find King Tut Had Club Foot, Malaria

A scientist at the Italian academy has found that bone abnormalities and malaria -- not murder or disease -- may have combined to suppress King Tut's immune system and cause the young Pharaoh's death.

Shakespeare Was Wrong: Richard III Wasn't a Club-Footed Hunchback

The bones have confirmed a few things about Richard III—eight battlewounds around his head confirm that he died in battle, and he did in fact have scoliosis—just not to the extent that he would've been a hunchback.

The Ponseti Method for Clubfoot Correction: An Overview for Parents

Ignacio V. Ponseti can be credited with developing a comprehensive technique for treating congenital clubfoot in the 1940s. One of the major principles of this technique is the concept that the tissues of a newborn's foot, including tendons, ligaments, joint capsules, and certain bones, will yield to gentle manipulation and casting of the feet at weekly intervals. By applying this technique to clubfeet within the first few weeks of life, most clubfeet can be successfully corrected without the need for major reconstructive surgery.