by Sam Harris | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
Ryan’s story of buying shoes as a child and as an adult with clubfoot. Who knew buying footwear would be so difficult???? For the majority of people buying footwear, the difficulty in finding the perfect pair is liking the design, the colour and what the brand...
by Sam Harris | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog, Fundraising Stories
Incredible supporter Ryan, who was born with clubfoot and treated pre-Ponseti has set himself a huge challenge for 2022 – he’s doing the Jurassic Coast walk for clubfoot! Read more below about Ryan’s epic Jurassic Coast Walk and Clubfoot Awareness...
by Sam Harris | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
Our weekend StepIn Camps are very successful, but demand is high. We need your help to fund places so more families can experience the benefits of meeting and talking to others in the same situation. The Camps help children expand their boundaries by trying new things...
by Sam Harris | Mar 16, 2022 | Blog, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Personal Stories
Archie Andrew is now 21 months old, he was late being diagnosed with DDH in his left hip at 18 months old. This is Archie’s DDH treatment story: When Archie was born he passed all checks including the hip checks. All appointments with his health visitor went...
by Sam Harris | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Volunteers Stories
Elise, from Northern Ireland, became a Steps volunteer aged just 18 as she wanted to use her own experiences of a lower limb condition to help others, she says: “I decided to be a volunteer for Steps because I have lived with a lower limb condition and have gone...
by Sam Harris | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Personal Stories
Elise struggled with femoral retroversion, also known as hip retroversion which is a condition related to hip dysplasia. This is the story of her diagnosis, operations and recovery to date: Hi I’m Elise and I live in Northern Ireland. I’ve recently turned 18...
by Sam Harris | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog, Hip Dysplasia (DDH), Perthes, SCFE/ SUFE – Slipped Epiphysis
Join us this March to celebrate Hip Health Awareness Month. Throughout the month we’ll be sharing information about hip conditions and raising awareness of signs to look out for. Watch our video below to find out the scale of the problem. We’re hoping to...
by Sam Harris | Jan 15, 2022 | Blog, Fibular Hemimelia, Limb loss, Personal Stories, PFFD (Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency)
Five-year-old Leo White from Greater Manchester is the first child in the world to receive a Limb-art prosthetic leg cover after leg amputation due to PFFD and fibular hemimelia. He was presented with his own Pokémon leg cover at Christmas by Mark Williams, founder of...
by Sam Harris | Jan 15, 2022 | Blog, Limb loss
New prosthetic leg covers for children launched by Limb-art in conjunction with Steps Five-year-old Leo from Manchester is the first to benefit (click to read his story). Multi award-winning Limb-art, which makes ‘The world’s coolest prosthetic leg covers’, has...
by Sam Harris | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, India, Personal Stories, Talipes / Clubfoot, Uncategorized
Steps works with partners around the world to improve life for people with lower limb conditions. Our partner in India, CURE International India Trust (CIIT) sent us this story: Gurpreet was born in 2016 to a farmer’s family and his parents were devastated to...
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