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submitted on May 6, 2011 1:09 PM EST

Name: Michael W Colburn DPM

Email Address: talus53@yahoo.com

Region where you live: Northern california

Comments: Please inform the web administrator that my information listed on your site is not up to date. My office location has changed. Please have them contact me by email. best regard, Michael Colburn DPM

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submitted on January 3, 2010 5:31 PM EST

Name: Betsy Miller

Email Address: betsy_miller@comcast.net

Region where you live: California

Comments: I would like to cite your website and give author credit for the Checklist for parents. Could you email me with your preference for how you prefer to be cited? Thanks!

How did you hear about this site? nosurgery4clubfoot group

submitted on November 9, 2009 2:12 AM EST

Name: indian cerebral palsy

Email Address: indiancerebralpalsy.com

Region where you live: delhi/lucknow india

Comments: know a great doctor trained with ponsettis protocol in delhi /lucknow in india he is dr vipul shah,paediatric orthopaedic surgeon web page www.indiancerebralpalsy.com

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submitted on June 23, 2009 7:14 AM EST

Name: Linda J. Bellmore

Email Address: linbell@umich.edu

Region where you live: Born in Goldfield, Iowa in 1948. Now live in Tecumseh Michigan

Comments: I was treated by Dr. Ponseti as a small child for malrotation of the hips. Due to this great man I have been very active all thru my life. I am now 60 yrs old, and I thank him every day.

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submitted on August 3, 2008 3:48 PM EST

Name: Cherie Siebert

Email Address: stuff@artsfish.com

Region where you live: Washington DC area

Comments: Our clubfoot kids, Kai and Ming - Adopted from China as toddlers underwent treatment at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore; http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30048038&id=... AND http://www.artsfish.com/Salon/category/adoption/

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submitted on July 9, 2008 10:06 AM EST

Name: Harold J. P. van Bosse, MD

Email Address: Harold.vanBosse@shrinenet.org

Region where you live: Philadelphia, PA

Comments: Dear all - congratulations on a website, very informative to parents. Please note that I have moved, and am starting a Ponseti center at the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital. Dr. Lehman will continue the Center we ran together at The Hospital for Joint Diseases, and our work will continue to be collaborative. Thanks! Harold van Bosse, MD

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submitted on June 29, 2008 1:47 PM EST

Name: Ina

Email Address: zarinawatims@yahoo.com

Region where you live: Malaysia

Comments: I'm looking for Jenny. Anyway, I'm writing a blog to on the progress to increase awareness pf Posenti treatment in Malaysia.

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submitted on June 25, 2007 8:13 AM EST

Name: Shawnee Reese

Email Address: number_23@bellsouth.net

Region where you live: central Florida

Comments: I'd like us to swap links :) http://six-feet.com

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submitted on February 7, 2007 5:35 AM EST

Name: Jolanta Kavaliauskiene

Email Address: jokavali@gmail.com

Region where you live: Lithuania

Comments: Please, advertise the Russian Ponseti clubfoot website at www.kosolapost-ponseti.ru

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submitted on November 1, 2006 6:47 PM EST

Name: Matteo Procacci

Email Address: matteo1941@yahoo.it

Region where you live: Italy

Comments: I am very happy for your web site. It's very important to diffuse Ponseti's method. My grandson borned in 2005 recovered from PTC with Ponseti's method executed by Doct. Ponseti in Iowa City. My web site is http://www.piedetorto.editarea.com and italian yahoo group support for parents is : http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/piede_torto_possi... (Italian support board). Thank you very mutch Matteo Procacci

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submitted on October 20, 2006 1:28 PM EST

Name: Kaci

Email Address: nokitty00@yahoo.com

Region where you live: Michigan

Comments: Hi. My dropshots site is linked on the bracing page, but I have changed the address from www.dropshots.com/nokitty00 to www.dropshots.com/davidandkaci. Please update the link on your page. Thanks! Kaci

How did you hear about this site? NoSurgery4Clubfoot message board

submitted on April 25, 2006 7:21 AM EST

Name: Nicole Eliason

Email Address: nicoleeliason@bellsouth.net

Region where you live: Atlanta, GA, USA

Comments: You emailed me a while back requesting permission to link to my son's page on your family website page. I agreed, but now the website address has changed. It was www.ele5.com - it is now http://ele5.blogspot.com/. You still have my 'permission' to use our site. (I could not find an email link on this page.) Thank you!

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submitted on January 28, 2006 7:55 PM EST

Name: Anita Kelliher

Email Address: alkelliher@msn.com

Region where you live: Lutz, Florida

Comments: Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, It is a pleasure to email you and personally thank you for your lifelong work with children to improve their quality of life with this method. It has been 1 year and 1 month since we were able to travel as a family to receive our adopted son, Jude (Xin Sha Ji), from Xinjiang Province, China. He was born with bilateral clubfoot and had received no form of surgery, casting, or bracing prior to his adoption into our family. He did receive physical therapy in China starting at 12 months of age, once a week, for stretching exercises until Dec. 2004; Jude's date of birth is 3-1-03. Once in the United States we were able to arrange an appt. with Dr. Novick under the supervision of Dr. Grogen in Tampa, Florida at Shriner's Hospital for Children. He began serial casting on Feb. 10th and on April 30th had heel cord lengthening surgery. Another set of casts were applied immediately following surgery and kept on for 3 weeks and on May 22nd the wearing of the foot abduction brace (FAB) began. Jude wore the brace 23/7 for 3 months and on July 22nd, Jude offically began wearing his FAB 14/7. I am a member of the Nosurgery4clubfoot yahoo group and was able to gain access and information regarding your email address and suggestions for photo angles so that you may be able to review Jude's progress thus far. I know that Dr. Novick is pleased with Jude's progress, but it would be an honor to get the opinion from the one and only Dr. Ponseti himself. We are so pleased with Jude's progress. Jude began the casting process at nearly 24 months old and finally receiving the brace at nearly 30 months of age. Truly amazing!! It just goes to show you that this method can work for older children. Sincerely, Anita Kelliher

How did you hear about this site? Through a member of the nosurgery4clubfoot yahoo group.

submitted on November 30, 2004 12:37 PM EST

Name: Wendy Sandersfeld

Email Address: wendy@datahaus.net

Region where you live: Iowa

Comments: ATTN WEBMASTER: On the following web page, http://pages.ivillage.com/ponseti_links/id7.html Please change the listing "The Sandersfeld family website (click on Graham's slideshow- treatment with Dr. Ponseti) http://www.datahaus.net/family/smile.html " CHANGE LINK TO GO TO: http://www.datahaus.net/family/Graham/CF/ The page it is showing on now will be removed shortly. Sincerely, Wendy Sandersfeld Amana, IA

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submitted on July 20, 2004 10:21 PM EST

Name: Christine

Email Address: clubfoot@cseel.com

Region where you live: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Comments: We found Dr. Ponseti after a failed round of treatment at duPont hospital in Delaware. How lucky for us all that Dr. Ponseti is there for our children! Read about our daughter's treatment at http://www.cseel.com/clubfoot/ We'll update it soon with the latest on her care at Iowa. Good luck to everyone!

How did you hear about this site? Google search

submitted on July 7, 2004 6:44 PM EST

Name: holly

Email Address: hollymosay@yahoo.com

Region where you live: Wisconsin USA

Comments: Son Alex was born with bilateral clubfoot. I am trying to find out info on the fastest way to remove weekly casts before his Dr. appt. Thanks

How did you hear about this site? yahoo nosurgery4clubfoot

submitted on June 2, 2004 9:45 PM EST

Name: Annette Crosby

Email Address: crosbyannette@hotmail.com

Region where you live: Puerto Rico

Comments: baby boy with Billateral Clubfoot

How did you hear about this site? Link by internet

submitted on May 19, 2004 3:11 PM EST

Name: Cristina Luis Sanchez

Email Address: cristinaluis@piezambo.com

Region where you live: Vigo-Spain

Comments: Hello I am Cristina Luis, from Spain. I´ve read in "Family websites and support groups" the commentary referring to the Spanish webpage www.piezambo.com. In this webpage, there are four cases of children born with clubfeet: 1-Iago´s case: He was treated by Drs. Ponseti and Morcuende (Iowa) when he was 1 year old. 2-José´s case: He was treated also by Drs. Ponseti and Morcuende when he was seven months old. 3-Laura´s case: She was treated from its birth by Dra. Anna Ey (currently on the Ponseti qualified physicians list)in Barcelona (Spain) 4-Sara´s case: She was treated by the Dr. Casielles in Málaga. Thank you very much. Cristina and José BCF 16/3/02

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submitted on April 13, 2004 6:41 AM EST

Name: Tracy Bolcato

Email Address: tracybolcato@pediatric-orthopedic-foundation.org

Region where you live: Florida

Comments: I invite everyone to visit my not for profit organization to learn more. The website is www.pediatric-orthopedic-foundation.org

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submitted on March 8, 2004 1:09 PM EST

Name: Todd & Dolores Wyatt

Email Address: unitedenergy1@myexcel.com

Region where you live: Cincinnati,OH

Comments: I am so thankful for your website. The checklist for parents is what alerted me to the fact that the method my doctor was using was not the Ponseti method. They were saying he would need surgery at about 8 months. Since I first read your website in January my husband and I have been taking our son to Iowa to see Dr. Ponsetti. He had 2 sets of cast by Dr. Ponseti and is now fully corrected. Thank you so much.

How did you hear about this site? my own research

submitted on January 6, 2004 5:05 PM EST

Name: Joanne Walton

Email Address: jowalton68@hotmail.com

Region where you live: Virginia

Comments: Jenny, In case I don't get a chance to post on nosurgery4clubfoot in the near future: Found a link for Dr. Pirani's latest work in India: http://www.altso.org/action.html

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submitted on December 10, 2003 7:09 PM EST

Name: Lynn Zurawski

Email Address: lzurawski1@comcast.net

Region where you live: Detroit, Michigan

Comments: This is a FANTASTIC, information site. I enjoyed reading the testimonials from those with first hand experiences. I did not know a lot about clubfoot until a great friend had a child born with clubfoot. Thanks for the information!

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submitted on December 4, 2003 12:46 PM EST

Name: Karen Moss

Email Address: karen@sma.co.za

Region where you live: South Africa (Johannesburg)

Comments: I wanted to add my praise to your site. It's great for new parents to have all this information at their fingertips. When I started researching on the internet in March 2003 for our son Alex who was born on Jan 24th with bilateral clubfoot, it was more difficult to track the information down. I am so thankful that I found out about Dr Ponseti, his method is superb. Well done on the site!

How did you hear about this site? through the nosurgery4clubfoot yahoo group

submitted on November 28, 2003 2:44 PM EST

Name: Lisa Lenderink

Email Address: photosbylisa1@comcast.net

Region where you live: Michigan

Comments: I had personally known anybody whose child had a clubfoot until my sister Holly found out about their son Zachary. If I ever hear of anybody faced with this challenge I will definitely refer them to Dr. Ponseti and his wonderful group! I've heard nothing less than "AWESOME" things about him. God Bless!

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submitted on November 28, 2003 7:40 AM EST

Name: Holly

Email Address: hollywasilewski@hotmail.com

Region where you live: MI, USA

Comments: Great site, thanks for all of your dedication toward educating others about the Ponseti-method of clubfoot treatment!

How did you hear about this site? nosurgery4clubfoot

submitted on November 23, 2003 7:04 AM EST

Name: Jonathan Markell

Email Address: j.markell@markellshoe.com

Region where you live: Yonkers, NY

Comments: Please let me know if you would like a jpg image of our new and improved shoe for the DBB/FAB. It is now available and in good supply in our warehouse. I just came back from Manchester,UK Conference, where the new shoe was very well received. Great site by the way! Jay Markell

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submitted on November 21, 2003 11:11 PM EST

Name: Kinda & Brad McBride

Email Address: kmcbride@cinci.rr.com

Region where you live: OH, USA

Comments: Thanks for a great resource site for clubfeet! Our son was born 8/15/03 with severe bilateral clubfeet and was treated with Ponsetti method in Cincinnati. It amazes me that only 2 1/2 months after his birth, his feet were fully corrected!

How did you hear about this site? link provided by another clubfoot parent

submitted on October 11, 2003 10:01 PM EST

Name: Kellie and Chris Leasure

Email Address: kellieleasure@yahoo.com

Region where you live: Coralville, IA

Comments: Thank you!

How did you hear about this site? My own research.

submitted on September 20, 2003 11:27 AM EST

Name: Joanne Walton

Email Address: jowalton68@hotmail.com

Region where you live: Virginia

Comments: Wow! Fabulous site! Kudos for such a comprehensive listing!

How did you hear about this site? From Jenny

submitted on August 7, 2003 10:43 AM EST

Name: Missy Meadows

Email Address: dameadows3@yahoo.com

Region where you live: Lashmeet, WV

Comments: My son has right club foot on 10/10/02. He was casted at 6 days old, had the tenotomy, then braces full time and now only wears them at night. He has done wonderful with the ponseti method - Praise the Lord!!!! He is now almost 10 months old and is taking 7 to 10 steps at a time. He received his treatment at the Shriners Hospital in Lexington, KY. It is a 5 hour drive from our house, but has been worth every second on the road. Anyone facing this situation should really consider the Ponseti Method, we have tried and tested and proven it true.

How did you hear about this site? e-mail from yahoo clubfoot group

submitted on June 13, 2003 10:12 PM EST

Name: Jennifer DiMeo

Email Address: jenndimeo@yahoo.com

Region where you live:

Comments: This is a great wealth of infomation. What a great site for families wanting more information. Thank you...Jenn, mom of bilateral clubfoot son

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submitted on May 22, 2003 4:06 AM EST

Name: Julia Gafsi

Email Address: jgafsi@hotmail.com

Region where you live: Frankfurt / Main, Germany

Comments: Are you sure the Schulthess Clinic in Switzerland is doing things properly? I mean, they are not on Dr.Ponseti's list and Dr. Morcuende could only judge by pictures on the website whether their results are o. k. He stated however that they only got to 50 to 60 degrees instead of the 70 degrees, which he feels is better to avoid recurrences. Incidentally, the Swiss are expensive, too: SF 10.000 to 20.000 per feet!!! Fürther, there is a young doctor in Hamburg, Germany, who made the German translations at Dr. Ponseti's website. He was trained in Maryland, by Dr. Herzenberg. He has not been to Iowa so far, and nobody from Dr. Ponseti's team has seen his work, but he offers Ponseti treatment in Germany, and is currently the only one in this country. I would also like to mention that our son was treated by Dr. Ponseti in March 2003, and I've written a testimonial on that. It is in German, but maybe it is nevertheless of interest to you?

How did you hear about this site? Reading messages at nosurgery4clubfoot.

submitted on May 20, 2003 12:03 AM EST

Name: Martin Egbert

Email Address: martinegbert@earthlink.net

Region where you live: Henderson, Nevada

Comments: Jenny, Congratulations on a great idea of gathering articles, stories and information relating to the Ponseti method. I believe that this will become a great resource to many parents in the future. Martin, Allyson and Joshua Egbert

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