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Does anyone have any experience of over rotated femurs/gait tests and surgery to correct this?

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FluffysBeenBittenByAVampire · 17/11/2009 17:31

Thankyou, ds is 10 and they have only just picked this up as they have been sloppy with his appointments. I know how they do the surgery, just not what will happen if he doesn't have it or what will happen after.

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mankyscotslass · 17/11/2009 17:37

No experience of the op (yet), but DD is nearly 6 and was diagnosed 2 years ago with Excessive Femoral Anteversion, coupled with hyper-mobile joints, so I can sympathise with you.

At the moment they are just watching and waiting, no action being taken yet and she is on yearly reviews at my insistence. (they wanted to wait 2 years between assessments) .

I have been told they prefer not to do the surgery if at all possible, and that most children learn to accomodate their gait. If surgery is planned they prefer to do it at age 10/11, or at least they do at our hospital.

I hope someone comes along with a bit more info for you.

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FluffysBeenBittenByAVampire · 17/11/2009 17:48

The doctor said he was rotating 85 degrees out, 5 degrees inwards. It seems odd, this is a new thing, he wasn't walking like this up until 6 months ago. He's hypermobile aswell and has flat feet. Push them to do something with your DD, the only option for my ds is surgery as he's too old for them to do anything else. He had an initial assessment a year and a half ago and we were sent to orthotics for insoles, nothing was said about a follow up appointment with the doctor though so I assumed this was it. I mentioned to the GP over the summer that he was still falling over alot, he read the letter from the hospital and ds should have had a follow up appointment, one was eventually sent out but they changed it 4 times!! I feel really bad for ds.

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mankyscotslass · 17/11/2009 18:24

Your poor DS.

I am going to push for omwthing for her, I am dreading her having problems as a teenager because of it. I know what some teenage girls can be like.

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FluffysBeenBittenByAVampire · 17/11/2009 20:13

My neighbour's a pilates teacher, she said that it causes so many problems in teenagers/adults, it doesn't only cause pain but can curve the spine aswell. I'm looking for a physio for ds, I hope this can help.

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mankyscotslass · 17/11/2009 22:11

Yes, the strange thing is there are so many contradictions......made worse by the hypermobility issues.

Apparently DD would be ace at Gymnastics, but it would be the worst thing she could do.
That goes for some forms of dance too.

I have to say though, she is a bit better than she was, she was always falling over her own feet, then not eing able to save herself because of the hypermobility issues, and getting massive bums on her head. It's been a while since that happened.