A Painless Journey

I think I forgot to mention how our last Physical Therapy appointment went… Would you be surprised to hear there is nothing we can do!? 🙂 HA! At least we try.

We noticed Connor is a bit pigeon-toed… I am SURE I have mentioned that somewhere along the line because that is why we think he was fracturing his ankle and lower leg bones so often. He would just roll right over his feet with total disregard for what direction they were facing. I am happy to announce that the more control he has over himself (which gets REALLY interesting when he starts dancing, lol! I’m gonna have to add a video here one of these days…) the better he does. He has gone a few months without any sprain or fracture or anything that we have noticed! 3 months or so! That is awesome!!

Anywho…. so the physical therapist said that he has some tibial and femoral torsion. Both, apparently- each affecting each leg a little differently. Seems his right leg is more femoral, and his left more tibial. What’s torsion? Well, it’s a twisting of the long bones and is pretty darn common among children. They almost always outgrow it, unless it is severe. The physical therapist said they used to use bars, and splints, and braces until they realized the children that were treated overcame it just as fast as the children that weren’t. Funny, because my husband was born with a pretty crooked leg and he would tear off that brace every chance he got as a child. His leg is fine today. Maybe a bit hairy……

So the tibial torsion seems to be most prevalent on his left leg and that is the one that gets all the ankle fractures and such. The right leg seems to be predominantly affected by the femoral torsion, and that is most obvious when he is sitting.  The other day, Connor was sitting down for 5 seconds (write that down in the history books!!!) and my husband said, “Take a picture of Connor.” Uh… I am a photographer. When I hear that out of nowhere, I will do a nose-dive toward my camera, start snapping, and ask questions later. So what was the occasion? Because he’s not running around like a banshee child?

Oh.

Isn’t that crazy looking? This is his normal, relaxed sitting position. Don’t worry…. as weird as it looks, nothing is out of place, nothing is broken… it is just something that he should outgrow. In posts past, I mention Kinesio tape. His sensory therapist suggested it because a) Connor can not have any rigid support system or he could hurt himself worse, and b)…. I am sure there was a “b”….

I mentioned this to the physical therapist and because she knows all about this torsion thing, she did not expect kinesio tape to help any. I DID, however, learn something neat about kinesio taping and the next time I hurt my muscles, I am ALL over it. But this is a bone thing. And although we did try taping his ankles, he ripped it off in less than 12 hours.

All we have on our side right now… as per usual, is time. And one thing with Connor is that time moves MUCH MUCH MUCH slower. Seems we are always waiting for something. But in the meantime, he will just keep making me laugh, give me the BIGGEST sense of pride as a mother, get cuter and cuter, and keep me happily on my toes. 🙂