Treatment of Clubfoot in Yuncheng
Yuncheng People's Hospital corrects congenital clubfoot using the Ponseti casting method, combined with physical therapy and physiotherapy to consolidate results.
What is Congenital Clubfoot?
Congenital clubfoot is one of the foot deformities treated at Yuncheng People's Hospital. For correction, the clinic uses the Ponseti casting method, a well-established approach for gradually correcting foot position without extensive surgery.
What parents should know
Casting is complemented by physical therapy and, as needed, physiotherapy methods, helping to consolidate correct foot positioning and restore motor function after the cast is removed.
Required examinations
Before the consultation, it helps to provide any available imaging or an orthopedist's report on the child's foot.
Causes
Congenital clubfoot has a multifactorial origin — a combination of genetic predisposition (the risk is higher when the deformity has already occurred in the family), the baby's position in the womb (low amniotic fluid, multiple pregnancy, breech presentation), and influences in early pregnancy. It occurs roughly twice as often in boys as in girls. In some children clubfoot is an isolated foot deformity; in others it is part of a broader syndrome.
Symptoms
The deformity is visible from birth: the foot points down and inward, the forefoot is turned in, and the arch is unusually high. The foot cannot be passively brought into a normal position — it stays fixed. The skin on the outer side of the foot is stretched, while the inner side forms a fold. In bilateral clubfoot, the soles of the feet face each other. Without treatment, older children develop an abnormal gait, walking on the outer edge of the foot.
Diagnostics
Before the consultation, the clinic needs a medical discharge summary with the diagnosis and, if available, imaging or an orthopedist's report on the child's foot.
Prognosis and Treatment Approach
The clinic uses the Ponseti casting method to correct congenital clubfoot — in comprehensive rehabilitation it is combined with physical therapy and, as indicated, physiotherapy methods to restore the foot's motor function.
How we treat
Diagnostics
Comprehensive examination and patient assessment by an international team of specialists
Treatment plan
Development of an individual rehabilitation program considering diagnosis specifics
Therapy
Intensive course of procedures: physical therapy, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture and other methods
Results
Progress evaluation, home recommendations and maintenance therapy plan
Procedures for treating Congenital Clubfoot
Questions about treatment of Congenital Clubfoot
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