3rd
June has been chosen to celebrate World Clubfoot Day and the date is also late
Dr Ponseti birthday.
Malaysia
society is still new with clubfoot and society is not aware on the possible non-surgical
treatment of the clubfoot. 8 years ago, there is lack of information on the
clubfoot over the internet and there is
no specific technique applied to treat this deformity mentioned by our own
doctor. Therefore, I have decided to meet Dr Amnuay in Bangkok after series of
casting failed in Malaysia.
The
community of Malaysian Clubfoot has been increased for the past 3 years and
thank you to Facebook and Malaysia Clubfoot Blog. Members of the Facebook group
have suggested to do a small gathering to gather all of us in one event which
can be benefited to everyone.
When
Ponseti International announced 3rd June is the World Clubfoot Day,
we have decided to have a small event to celebrate and also to gain experience
from the parents as well as the medical expert. Our 1st Malaysia
World Clubfoot event aims to spread the awareness of the Clubfoot within
Malaysian and to promote Ponseti Method as the best treatment to treat clubfoot.
This one full event was attended by parents of the clubfoot and their children
and also the medical experts. There are about 90 parents attended and 12
medical practitioners came to this event.
We
have one morning session for parents to share their knowledge and experience on
the clubfoot journey and in the afternoon,
we have talk by 2 local Orthopedic Surgeon which are Dr Ong Shong Meng from
Sunway Medical centre, Dr Yong Su Mei from Tun Shin Hospital and also our guest
of honor from Bangkok , Dr Amnuay Jirasirikul. After the talk session, we have 4 lucky feet has been selected to be assessed
by the doctors, reviewed and next course of action to be taken by the doctors.
In this session, Dr Amnuay has shared his approach to handle the clubfoot with
the local doctors and they also exchanges views with others.
From
the event, parents have gained new knowledge on how to handle their children
during Ponseti Method Treatment especial during casting, bracing and also
relapse prevention. The questions and answers session has also helped the
parents to understand the deformity better and has been convinced that the
deformity can be corrected with the right technique and without massive
surgical correction.
Credit
to all members of the FB Clubfoot Malaysia – Ponseti for Clubfoot
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