miraclefeet
Without proper treatment, many of these children walk only with great difficulty. The impact of this birth defect imposes physical, social and financial burdens that can be devastating - yet are avoidable.
The miraclefeet mission is to improve access to treatment of clubfoot for children in developing countries.
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http://www.miraclefeet.org
Our last patient on this trip to Nicaragua was a nine-year-old boy, accompanied by his father, who traveled three hours by horse and two hours by bus to reach the clinic. He limped into the office with severe clubfoot on one foot and had NEVER received any kind of treatment in his life.
After examination, Dr. Mario Sequeira explained to both the boy and his father that he would take care of making the foot work properly, but it was the father’s duty to bring the boy to the clinic once a week for the next five to eight weeks. Clearly, this raised a lot of questions with the father like: How will my son ride a horse with a cast on up to his thigh? How will he manage at school?
These tough questions were addressed, but illustrate how crucial it is that we educate the medical establishment and parents in developing countries on clubfoot and The Ponseti Method. In reality, this boy should’ve arrived at the clinic when he was nine days old rather than nine years old. Nonetheless, we’re confident that he will be walking and running normally in no time!
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