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A lot of work goes into successful clubfoot treatment, from identification, to casting, to the tenotomy. However, the stage of treatment most likely to determine long-term success is bracing. A key part of the Ponseti Method, children wear an abduction brace consisting of shoes and a bar which maintain the feet in the proper position as they grow.

In the small village of Naga City in the Philippines Bella, MiracleFeet’s patient 100,000, and her family embark on a voyage of resilience and hope as she begins her clubfoot treatment journey.

At 24 years old, twin sisters Silvia and Celva are just as inseparable as when they were little girls growing up in the rural area of Kurusu de Hierro, Paraguay. But even apart from their innate bond as twins, there is another binding factor: both were born with clubfoot.

It was pure happenstance – and physiotherapist Yassine Nhammi’s dedication to treating children with clubfoot – that brought Premier Pas to three-year-old Marouane’s doorstep.

Imagine that your dream is to wear shoes. This is the reality of children born with clubfoot—children like three-year-old Marouane who lives in a small village in rural Morocco, about 560 KM from Rabat.

When Happiness gave birth to her son Prince, she was devastated to learn that he had clubfoot. As a single mother, the uncertainty of what to do or where to turn was overwhelming.

Nigeria alone, Africa’s most populous country, has an estimated 9,000 new cases of clubfoot each year. Chinaza’s son, Joshua, was born with clubfoot, but began treatment at a MiracleFeet clinic at only seven days old.

A lot of work goes into successful clubfoot treatment, from identification, to casting, to the tenotomy. However, the stage of treatment most likely to determine long-term success is bracing. A key part of the Ponseti Method, children wear an abduction brace consisting of shoes and a bar which maintain the feet in the proper position as they grow.

MiracleFeet needed a tool to help partners and clinic staff collect useful data in an easy, efficient, and consistent way. The system also needed to be globally relevant—useable across multiple languages and country contexts. So we developed the CAST mobile application.