Physio Students Learn How to Correct Club Foot from FONTEN Staff

Haitian PT students from one of the first graduating classes of Haiti’s two new physiotherapy schools are with FONTEN for practicums. Today they learned how to correct clubfoot in children by a series of manipulations and castings followed by bracing with orthoses. Caught young enough, this simple, affordable method can prevent a lifetime of painful disability and reduced mobility. learning club foot.jpglearning club foot 2.jpg

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