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Club Foot
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Clubfoot is the most common disorder of the legs that children are born with. The deformity can range from mild and flexible deformity to severe and rigid deformity. Some of the common features include:  The heel is pointed away from the body and is drawn upwards. The foot is twisted in towards the other foot. The toes are pointed down. The affected foot and leg, will be stiff and smaller in size, when compared to a normal child. The calf muscle may be smaller than normal and underdeveloped. There will be lack of ankle joint motion. |
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Posted by:
fathima5(Guest)
Posted on: 02/09/2011 My son born with aclub foot,now he was 3 years old,we gave
a treatment,like tenetomy,pop etc.at thebirthit self.
but now his fore foot is started totwist,he is wearing a
clubfoot shoe but our doctor is saying it will be like this
what to do ,please give me asolution.
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edsm1961(Guest)
Posted on: 09/17/2010 Where is there a Doctor that can put cussion in between the bones in the feet. My son has no Muscel from his knees down and he walks bone on bone. I am looking for a Doctor that can fix this he is 12 years old and they told me he would never walk but I got him walking about the age of 2.
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suresh.vangala(Guest)
Posted on: 12/25/2008 my son born with club feet, who is the best doctor to treat this in hyderabd. |
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