The best time to treat clubfoot

  The best time to treat foot exostosis is around one year of age.  Foot exostosis is a foot deformity caused by muscle or ligament laxity, which is more common in clinical practice. It is more appropriate to treat it around one year of age because at around one year of age, the child starts to learn to walk. If not corrected during this period, an abnormal gait will be formed in the future, which will affect the child’s development, so parents need to go to a regular hospital for corrective treatment. This can be corrected by wearing orthopedic shoes for 24 hours a day, as well as with foot massage to relieve muscle spasms and fatigue, and warm water compresses on the feet can also be effective. With these treatments, the patient can return to normal in about three to four months. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to foot exostosis in children, diagnose it early and treat it early to avoid the formation of sequelae in the future, which will make treatment difficult.  In addition, after correction, parents still need to pay attention to the child’s gait when learning to walk to avoid the recurrence of foot exostosis during the toddler process.