Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Miracle Feet Program

Previously, the solution to clubfoot had been expensive and unsuccessful surgery. The patient's feet too often reverted back to the pre-surgery condition relatively quickly. Now with the MiracleFeet procedure, the success rate is much higher, without surgery!

From the website miraclefeet.org:

"There are about 1 million children living with untreated clubfoot in developing countries. Many of these children will not walk properly. They will not be able to run, play or go to school. It doesn't have to be this way. Treatment is simple, highly effective - and inexpensive! 

For $250 per child, miraclefeet brings the magic of treatment to developing countries. Every day, children across the world are born with clubfoot. "


Here is a video from Yasmin (age two) before she was treated. Her mother cried through the entire first appointment with Laura because she wanted surgery.


Here is Yasmin now – and her happy mom, no longer crying. Six weeks of casting and no surgery and these are her feet now--apparently a few days after the casts came off she learned how to run for the first time in her life and has not stopped.



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