Dear all,
Having joined this group a while ago I have watched with interest the
various discussions that have taken place. Please allow a physio to use
your collective brain to answer this question.
I work in adult learning disabilties and have ladies with Rett syndrome who
walk progressively onto the lateral border of their feet. This appears to
be due to increased tone/ spasticity in the tibialis anterior and posterior
muscles. Does anybody know of any technique to reduce the tone / strap the
foot to help maintain a more normal alignment?
The common treatment is to use Piedro boots with or without insoles of
varying types to support the change in the foot dynamics. I feel that there
must be something else we could or should be doing.
The ladies all tend to have increased tone in both calf muscles and
hamstrings. These are all manually stretched two or three times a week
which seems to keep the shortening to a minimum, but what can I do for the
Tibialis muscles to slow down or prevent the inversion?
Help? Any ideas gratefully received.
Linda
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