A Colorado family is connecting their community and raising awareness about clubfoot, a birth defect where a baby’s foot is turned inward and down, after their son was born with the condition.
One in 1,000 children are born with clubfoot. If left untreated, it can lead to pain and problems walking, but modern treatments can help kids live full and active lives.
Sounds of little feet fill the Franktown home of 3-year-old Cameron Malone. You wouldn’t know it from looking at them, but the toddler’s feet looked very different when he was born.
“A clubfoot is where the foot is turned in, kind of like a field hockey stick, I think of it. And their toe is down like this,” said Dr. Margaret Siobhan Murphy-Zane, pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Children’s Colorado South Campus in Highlands Ranch…