I was born with bilateral clubfeet. Both of my feet were facing inwards. When I was born they were already working on my feet I was put into wrap up casts, when I got a little older I had braces. In 2005 I had my first foot surgery I was in a wheelchair for a …
I was born in 1999 (I’m 22 now) with a clubfoot in my left foot. Originally I was supposed to have it corrected non-surgically, but my mum fought for surgery because I was trying to walk aged one, with no improvement with my clubfoot so far. My sister was born 8 years earlier with clubfoot …
I never belonged. Aged 5 in the 70s, in an old, red-brick Victorian East End school, with those high windows and Alcatraz walls, I found my 10-year-old friend from down the road getting beaten up in the playground. May even have been my first school playtime ever. That was what I remember and certainly what …
Hello! My name is Lynn. I am 56 years old and I never met a person like us until my son was born with bilateral clubfeet…..then my granddaughter and grandson. I feel like I was lucky when my son was born. Having been born with the same condition I knew what was “wrong” with him …
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Gday Guys & Gals, I hope you all are doing well. My name is Rob, I’m 37 and live in Australia. I was born with a Clubfoot on my right side & have lived quite a normal life honestly, I was operated on at 3 months old, had regular check-ups until I was maybe 10 …
I am a 51-year-old with one club foot. My sister was born with two. We both had tendon lengthening surgery shortly after birth and went into braces and casts. Our feet were too deformed so we had surgery by age 6. We had a very good orthopedic surgeon. We were able to walk without limps …
My name is Nicole. I have lived with severe relapsing bilateral club feet for 44 years. As an infant, I had multiple surgeries, braced, put in orthotic shoes, and casted for long periods of time. My mother says it’s a miracle that I’m walking. My dad would have to duct tape my casts because I …
Hi there! I too was born with congenital clubfoot, bilateral talipes wherein both of my feet where affected as a baby. I was operated on at 3 months and wore casts until I was 3. I also had my Achilles tendon cut. These casts had to be removed and replaced every two weeks to further …
I am looking for some advice or some similar stories, so I can try and make sense of what is happening to my body. I was born with positional club foot, basically my feet were stuck in my mother’s rib cage and ended up distorted to the point my big toe was pointing upwards and …
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This is the first time I’ve ever shared my story, at the age of twenty nine I am finally able to wear my disability not as a scarlet letter but rather as my badge of honor because I have been through so much, when I was born I was diagnosed with Congenital Talipes Equinovarus or …
Hello. First I wanna say how tear jerking this website is for me. I grew up thinking in the only person in the world who had this awful defect. But reading these stories has given me a sense of hope. I had severe bilateral clubfoot and was treated by a doctor in LA California. Who performed …
Hi there, I’m Hailey and 13 years old. Most of my life, my Clubfoot has just been there, but it never bothered me because I was a kid. But going into Highschool, people start picking out things about you in order to make fun of you, and it’s always my Clubfoot that is targeted. I …
Hello,I’ve been very reluctant to share my clubfoot story and my struggles after my military service but now I need some help and I think sharing my story is a good step in that direction. I was born with a talipes on my left foot, I also had some malformation on my hip. To make …
Just wanted to say how good it Is to be able to share what can seem like a lonely experience. I am 42 years old and was born with severe bilateral talipes. Like many had no heels or ankles and feet were round almost round the other way. I have had more operations than I …
Hi all, my name is Nin. I just want to tell you all about my experience with clubfoot. I had issues from birth as all you did. My kneecaps would dislocate all my life up until 25 years old, when I went and got the ExoSym devices. I have bilateral clubfoot, and they take the …
I was a couple days old when I had my first surgery. Then had one every 6 months total of 19 operations I had. I still get pain in my right foot. My foot is half size shorter than my left. I use to get shoes special order. My dad was determined to get my clubfoot fixed. …
Hi everyone, I hope that this message finds you happy and content. I was born in 1983 with very severe bilateral clubfoot. My parents were two working class people in their early twenties and I was their first child 9 months after their wedding. They jumped into the pool head first and probably found that …
Hi! I was born in 1955 with small feet and extremely high arches, especially in my right foot. Fast forward to 2015, when I fell, while sitting on a bike, sideways onto the concrete. I shattered my left hip and received a total hip replacement. After my unremarkable recovery, I began to develop severe right …
I’ve always felt so weird reaching out to groups on the internet about this. but Hey! I’ve suffered with severe bilateral CTEV all my life and both feet did turn in about 180-200 degrees. From birth I barely had any ankles so they were made up. My feet look horrific still to this day (kind …
My husband was born with club feet in the fifties.. He is a twin. Now at age 62 he has had a year of pain. the pain is alleviated a little bit with his new orthotic shoes. but, what can he expect? what can we expect? we have seen a specialist, but we are not …
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