Anna's been walking on her tiptoes since she was 18 months old and in October we started physical therapy to help her come out of it. She had a check-up yesterday with the PT Miss Vicky whom Anna calls "Miss Bicky" and she's making good progress. A typical 2 year old is supposed to be able to bend his/her foot back 10 degrees and when we started, Anna's right foot would only go back 2 degrees and her left would only go back 4 degrees. In the past 6 weeks she's gained 4 degrees on each side so we're now at 6 degrees on the right side and 8 degrees on the left. Miss Vicky said to continue doing her daily stretches (like in the picture above) and she thinks she'll come out of it just fine. Yea! What a relief that we don't have to put leg braces on her!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Physical Therapy
Anna's been walking on her tiptoes since she was 18 months old and in October we started physical therapy to help her come out of it. She had a check-up yesterday with the PT Miss Vicky whom Anna calls "Miss Bicky" and she's making good progress. A typical 2 year old is supposed to be able to bend his/her foot back 10 degrees and when we started, Anna's right foot would only go back 2 degrees and her left would only go back 4 degrees. In the past 6 weeks she's gained 4 degrees on each side so we're now at 6 degrees on the right side and 8 degrees on the left. Miss Vicky said to continue doing her daily stretches (like in the picture above) and she thinks she'll come out of it just fine. Yea! What a relief that we don't have to put leg braces on her!
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