Training Models

For new practitioners of the Ponseti Method, it can be difficult to visualize the internal aspect of the club-foot deformity, palpate anatomic correction endpoints or know just where to place the hands for effective manipulation. The Mitchell Ponseti® Training Kit provides the visual and tactile training tools needed to give practitioners the confidence to treat typical and atypical clubfoot on even the smallest patient.

These anatomic models are soft and pliable, with finger placement etchings to demonstrate the proper positioning for manipulation. These legs also serve as the teaching models for the proper application of plaster casts at each stage to maintain the correction obtained by manipulation.

This medical teaching model helps to demonstrate the proper correction of clubfoot deformity. Errors in the manipulation of the congenital clubfoot can also easily be demonstrated with 
this model.

This model provides a realistic visual of the anatomic relationship of the Achilles tendon and may serve as a useful visual aid when discussing the procedure and expected results with parents.

The Cast Model allows visualization of the completed cast at each of the five different stages of the Ponseti Method, with emphasis on bony landmarks and the toe platform.

Understanding of the anatomical relationships of the vertical talus deformity, from either congenital or iatrogenic etiology, is critical in assessing treatment options whether conservative or surgical. The Vertical Talus Model was designed to give the proper anatomic orientation and relational disposition of the typically rigid, irreducible talonavicular dislocation that defines the deformity.

Designed to accurately identify anatomic landmarks both positionally and palpably, the Tenotomy Practice Model provides physicians and providers trained in the Ponseti Method with hands-on practice of the necessary steps involved with the surgical transection of the Achilles tendon.