UW Health's pediatric orthopedics team offers, and adheres to the pinciples of, the Ponseti Method for nonsurgical correction of clubfoot. The method was named for Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, a physician at the University of Iowa under whom our physicians have trained.

 

 

 The Ponseti Approach to Clubfoot Treatment

 

 

Infant with clubfoot before treatment

 

 

Casts used during the Ponseti Method to treat clubfeet

 

 

Feet after treatment using the Ponseti Method

 

The Ponseti Method for clubfoot treatment involves stretching the foot's contracted muscles and ligaments, placing the foot in a cast to maintain the correction and repeating the process over several months.

 

This method effectively corrects the deformity without major surgery.