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Aug
Open Question: Baby with muscular development problem and difficulties in walking. Can someone suggest treatment?
Author: Yahoo! Answers: Health // Category: Healt questions & answers
My daughter was born via distress delivery in Jan 2007. She was in intensive care for first nineteen days of her birth. We observed the following in the first few months:
-She was using her left hand more than the right hand.
Later, at 10 months, she was unable to sit without assistance and neither was she crawling at this age. Though we had started physiotherapy before this age and she had been administered several rounds of massage sessions by paediatric physiotherapists, it was at about 12 months that we started exercises. She went through the motions pretty well and started sitting on her own at about 13 months. Also, she started crawling a bit at this time.
Thereafter, we observed that her right foot was turning to the right side, and she had started putting weight on the right side edge of her foot. Soon, she started taking first steps at 14 months. The doctor prescribed shoes for her to curb the tendency of stretching foot on the right, and we have been using this shoe.
Currently, she can:
-Walk unaided for 10 – 15 meters
-Walk endlessly with a harness even if the harness is not held tight
-Get up with the support of objects such as sofa or the edge of bed
-Crawl all around
-Talk with simple words and convey herself quite well
-Use both hands equally effectively
The problem:
-Her right foot stretches to the right and her right foot muscles are weak
-She does not stand up on her own (without support)
Can anyone suggest equipment for physiotherapy or any other treatment? Can surgery help?