For the first episode of season 4 of A Clubfoot Mom podcast features a conversation with Emily Mallion a clubfoot mom and author of the children's book "Do You Have Magic Boots?" centered around the clubfoot journey. Emily talks about her son's clubfoot journey and the unique experience they had traveling the world as a family while he was in BnB. She gives her top 5 tips for traveling and how the experience traveling informed her writing her book. A huge thanks to Emily for being a guest and to check out her book click this link: https://emilymallionbooks.com/
In this episode I talk about the challenges we faced with our cutie that we might have attributed to the BnB which in hindsight was actually probably more about her personality than anything else. It is hard enough trying to figure out what an infant needs and then you add in a medical device and it adds another layer of complexity. This is my reflection of how what I think was less about BnB and more about my cutie.
In this episode I discuss what I believe is one of the most important and often overlooked questions that needs to be asked in your consultation with your clubfoot treatment providers. There are great resources available with technical Ponseti questions that delve in to experience and treatment protocol, but this is a question I think is equally as important for parents. Listen and see if you feel the same.
A first ever for the podcast, an episode dedicated to physical therapy and clubfoto treatment, with my incredible guest Denise Watson. Denise is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist who is the lead practioner in the Ponseti Clubfoot Service and has been practicing the Ponseti method for 21 years. I gathered all the questions for this episode directly from parents on Instagram and Denise was gracious enough to answer them all. I learned so much from this conversation and know you will too.
As my cutie gets older and enters into more organized sports, I wonder whether or not I should be telling her coaches or gym teachers about her clubfoot? I don't pretend to have the answer, I just walk through my experience with her gymnastics coach and trying to determine the best path forward with disclosing her clubfoot diagnosis to people.