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My 6 week old baby has calcaneovalgus do you think he should be in casts or will massaging work? how long do babies normally take to recover with th

Q: my 6 week old baby has calcaneovalgus do you think he should be in casts or will massaging work? how long do babies normally take to recover with th

Hard to say: The chances that massage &amp; manipulation would work in a given case depend on features only evident on physical exam. The more flexability, the better the chance. Only a well trained pediatric podiatrist or pediatric orthopedist would be able to predict this and only after an exam.

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Hard to say: The chances that massage & manipulation would work in a given case depend on features only evident on physical exam. The more flexability, the better the chance. Only a well trained pediatric podiatrist or pediatric orthopedist would be able to predict this and only after an exam.

Answered 6/14/2017

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