by Paul Pounder | Jun 9, 2024 | Blog, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot
I was born with severe club foot in both feet in 1995. I was seen by my consultant (Dr Colin Ogilvie) within 24 hours of being born. Dr Ogilvie said he ‘hoped’ they would get me to walk but it was not guaranteed. For the first six months of my life Dr Ogilvie used the...
by Paul Pounder | Mar 10, 2024 | Blog, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot
My story almost never even had a beginning, it could have been very close to just being an end. A mix up with the months of my due date all the way back in1991 led to me being born on the 20th of September rather than my early August due date. I ended up being born to...
by Paul Pounder | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot
When Fred was 3 he started complaining of pains in his left leg, at first we thought he’d pulled a muscle. He was a typical 3-year-old boy running and jumping off everything. He kept complaining, sometimes of pain in his left knee, and sometimes he had a limp. We had...
by Paul Pounder | Jun 21, 2023 | Blog, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot
The most levelling realisation as a parent is that everybody, every child, has something going on at some point. For me, I was born with two clubbed feet in 1978. It wasn’t a total surprise when I arrived. There were no scans of course, but my mother and her sister...
by Loredana Guetg-Wyatt | May 16, 2022 | Blog
There are so many ways you can get involved to raise awareness and support Steps, take a look at our list – there’s something for everyone! Change your social media profile photo Help raise awareness and show your support to thousands of families and children affected...
by Sam Harris | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
Ryan’s story of buying shoes as a child and as an adult with clubfoot. Who knew buying footwear would be so difficult???? For the majority of people buying footwear, the difficulty in finding the perfect pair is liking the design, the colour and what the brand...
by Sam Harris | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, India, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot, Uncategorized
Steps works with partners around the world to improve life for people with lower limb conditions. Our partner in India, CURE International India Trust (CIIT) sent us this story: Gurpreet was born in 2016 to a farmer’s family and his parents were devastated to...
by Sam Harris | Nov 13, 2021
Topic: Treating the older child: Untreated and Recurrent Clubfoot Dr Ponseti developed his protocol for infants. However, there were doctors who were faced with much older children once they established the Ponseti method in their country in the early 21st century....
by Sam Harris | Nov 13, 2021
Topic: Complex and Atypical Clubfoot Dr Ponseti only encountered atypical and complex clubfeet many years after he developed his method. He produced a video at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital with an adapted treatment protocol for atypical clubfoot. This...
by Sam Harris | Nov 13, 2021
Topic: The Role of Allied Health Workers in Clubfoot Treatment At the time Dr Ponseti was developing his method, clubfoot was mostly treated by orthopaedic surgeons. With the introduction of a less invasive treatment for congenital clubfoot, the role of allied health...
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