Informational videos for parents

While browsing the internet we can come across a lot of photos and videos related to clubfoot, however most of these look pretty scary at first sight. Pictures and videos of surgeries, or of people living with untreated clubfoot. Let’s admit, you don’t really want to look any further after things like this…

At least I felt exactly like this when I was pregnant with Vili. I was curious and worried, but also afraid. I was struggling to accept that this is happening to us and such images really scared me. However this was just the initial reaction. Afterwards I made a conscious change in approach and decided to look for the solution and focus only on that.

I always have to mention those parents who find out about clubfoot at birth (whatever the reason), for them this whole situation can be even scarier.

Luckily there are a few really helpful animated videos on the internet specifically targeted at parents, unfortunately these are only available in English.

I’d like to share a not exhaustive list with you:

1. Clubfoot and Ponseti Method of Treatment: an animated guide for caregivers (Source: youtube, Created by: Mobility Outreach International and Ben Pohl of Bad Pixel)

2. Correcting Clubfoot: The Ponseti method in English (Source: youtube, Created by: SAWBO Scientific Animations Without Borders)

3. Clubfoot PathoanatomyMade Easy – The Young Orthopod (Source: youtube)

4. Clubfoot treatment – MD Orthopaedics (Source: youtube)

I really encourage everyone to join clubfoot support groups, let me list a few of them below. You can also find a few such groups for parents in our Bracers group description.

Other resources:

Ponseti info