by Paul Pounder | Mar 11, 2020 | Conditions, Our Stories, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot
My name is Fin and I am 18 years old. I live in the Highlands of Scotland – 23 miles north of Inverness, so about 600miles away from London. I was born with 2 club feet otherwise known as congenital bilateral equinovarus talipes. I have been invited to your open day...
by Paul Pounder | Mar 11, 2020 | Conditions, Our Stories, Personal Stories, SCFE/ SUFE – Slipped Epiphysis
A Mum’s SUFE story My son Ryan was 13 years old and very active. He enjoyed playing football for his local team and running around with his mates. He was just a normal teenage boy. He started to complain of muscle pain in his left thigh which we put down to growing...
by Paul Pounder | Mar 11, 2020 | Conditions, Our Stories, Personal Stories, Perthes
Perthes Journey September 2017 I’m Jo and this is my son Jacob’s Perthes journey. September last year Jacob was at a football match playing for his team A.C Hoylake Under 7s. He went in for a tackle and fell on to his left side nothing out the normal he jumped up and...
by Paul Pounder | Mar 11, 2020 | Conditions, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Our Stories, Personal Stories
Ronan’s hips were checked as part of our discharge from hospital when he was born, the midwife who carried out the checks wasn’t happy with his hips and called for an opinion from a pediatrician. The pediatrician came and then told us that his hip was ‘clicky’ and...
by Paul Pounder | Feb 11, 2020 | Conditions, Our Stories, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot
Noah was born in 2008 and was perfectly healthy except he was born with Talipes (Club Foot) affecting his left foot. His treatment started immediately with physiotherapy and at 10 days old he began his Ponseti treatment. Noah’s Ponseti treatment was complex and...
by Paul Pounder | Jan 30, 2020 | Conditions, Our Stories, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot
At my 20 week scan, my baby was diagnosed with bilateral talipes, I was also told that I was having a little girl. In the car on the way home we chose our little girl’s name Charlotte, my husband was devastated, he knew the realities of the treatment she would...
by Paul Pounder | Oct 5, 2019 | Conditions, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Our Stories, Personal Stories
After putting my first pair of dance shoes on at the age of 3, performing became a significant part of my life for nearly 17 years. My dance school (Diane Bradbury Theatre Dance School) was my second home and I was there nearly every day, after school and over the...
by Paul Pounder | May 11, 2019 | Conditions, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Our Stories, Personal Stories
I was born with DDH. My hip socket was too shallow so I had the full works of treatment (I can’t remember the names but it included a frame, traction and then a number of surgeries to reshape it) all before the age of three. I was referred to a local ballet class as...
by Paul Pounder | Apr 12, 2019 | Conditions, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Our Stories, Personal Stories
I was born with Bilateral Congenital Hip Dysplasia (essentially both of my hip sockets weren’t properly developed), for the next 9 months I was put in a Pavlik harness which stabilized my hips and allowed my bones to develop. 15 years later, however, my hips...
by Paul Pounder | Feb 10, 2019 | Conditions, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Our Stories, Personal Stories
Hip Dysplasia DDH – Natalie’s Story Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO) You may remember Natalie from her previous story… http://www.stepsworldwide.org/steps-stories/personal-stories/natalies-story/ – She is now post op and has put together some...
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