Clubfoot (Congenital)

A child comes into the world, and its feet are turned inward — as if they had decided, still in the womb, not to fully step into this world. The soles face each other or point upward, the heels are drawn up, the joints stiffened in a position that makes upright walking impossible until corrected. For parents, this sight is a shock. Their child's body looks different than expected, and suddenly medical terms fill the room — Pes equinovarus, casting treatment, surgical correction — that give the first weeks with the new life a heaviness nobody wished for.