There is a child in our neighborhood who has clubfeet. I feel so badly for him in those big braces, even in the summer. Can’t his parents find another treatment for him?

The best way to treat clubfeet is to begin as soon as possible to push the bones and muscles to grow in the proper direction. This means beginning the casting and bracing early. By bracing the feet and legs for 23 hours per day, every day – with cast changes regularly – the foot and leg begin to adapt in most cases. Surgery is done if the bracing doesn’t work.