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Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)

Pes equinovarus congenitus · Pes equinovarus (koňská noha)

What it is

A baby's foot twisted down and inwards from birth; the Ponseti method of casts corrects it without big surgery.

Symptoms & signs

  • Foot turned in and down
  • tight Achilles tendon
  • small calf
  • found at birth or on the 20-week scan

🚩 Get help if…

  • call 112 / 911 now Cold, pale or blue toes in a cast
  • see a doctor soon Cast slipping, cracked or rubbing the skin
  • see a doctor soon Foot turning back in after treatment
  • see a doctor soon Child stops wearing the brace

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Ponseti casting weekly for 6–8 weeks
  • small Achilles tenotomy
  • boots and bar to 4 years
  • surgery only for resistant cases

Natural & lifestyle

  • Keep up the brace schedule
  • physiotherapy stretching

Emerging & experimental

  • Minimally invasive release
  • 3D-printed braces

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Massage and taping alone — anecdotal; without casting the foot does not correct anecdotal / traditional
  • Physiotherapy stretching (French method) — works in some; more relapse than Ponseti early / small studies
  • Osteopathy for newborns — anecdotal anecdotal / traditional

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