I am an OT that has worked in a collaborative setting for many years. I work very closely with our PT and I would be very wary of PT alone reversing the damage of 13 years of toe walking. In my experience, after age 6-7 orthopedics usually do heal-chord release surgery and then do physical therapy afterwards to strengthen all the muscles in the legs they haven’t been using all of these years.
Also, from an OT standpoint, I would get your child’s vision assessed from a behavioral optometrist if you haven’t already. I see many children in my caseload with vision issues that toe-walk.
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I am an OT that has worked in a collaborative setting for many years. I work very closely with our PT and I would be very wary of PT alone reversing the damage of 13 years of toe walking. In my experience, after age 6-7 orthopedics usually do heal-chord release surgery and then do physical therapy afterwards to strengthen all the muscles in the legs they haven’t been using all of these years.
Also, from an OT standpoint, I would get your child’s vision assessed from a behavioral optometrist if you haven’t already. I see many children in my caseload with vision issues that toe-walk.