Eric Walters's Story
i have club feetI was born with 2 clubbed feet. My mother had told me that the doctors at the hospital that I was born in said they were the worst they had seen. Whether that was true or not i don't know. I had surgery as an infant and had to were Forest Gump braces on my feet until the 2nd grade and after that corrective shoes for a few years. I don't really remember getting picked on but the kids at my high school did joke about voting me in for best legs at graduation which I felt was cruel. I rarely wore shorts until I was 30 no matter how hot it was. My feet had turned out relatively good though they did cause me to fail my military physical . I have been able to do very physycal work as a profesional mover and have done work for tree services as i learned to just live with the stiff feet and ankle pain. I have been a weight lifter but no mater how much I work them my legs will not grow. I am finding as I grow older my feet are aching more and more. Fortunately for me I have an understanding wife that rubs and stretches my ankles for me. I do find that stretching my hamstrings groin and back daily along with ankle stretching is helping my foot stay flexible. Nobody would know I had clubbed feet if I didn't tell them.
Added on 26 Nov 2009