Adjustments

Following our harsh check-up early November, Jonas and I took a drive down to London to see Sam Walmsley at the London Orthotics Consultancy clinic in Kingston upon Thames.

It was an extremely long day for us, 4 hours' drive to the appointment, then back up the road the same day (adding in some traffic jams...). We were lucky enough to meet a new friend there and Sam did an amazing job with the brace adjustment. He reduced the abduction force on it and did a full check-up on Jonas's foot, throwing in some new insoles to support the formation of his arch and try to counteract the "knee collapse", as I call it.

Jonas also went back to the osteopath, who pointed out that Jonas showed signs of valgus in both knees and that the muscle loss in the left leg could be the reason behind his new and unbalanced gait. He also said that if Jonas's bones had been reset even just 1 mm off their normal position, the deviation caused over the length of his tibia and fibula would likely affect his gait. He gave us some exercises to do to strengthen his leg, but did say those would be more suited to older children and to just try and see whether Jonas would be able to do them (the answer is no... 😔 )

Thankfully, between the brace and me stretching his foot manually at night, Jonas seemed to regain his flexibility.