I have CMT type 1A caused by a duplication within chromosome 17p11. Conceptually that's not very interesting. Physically it means I have all the standard signs of a CMT foot; pes cavus and hammer toes. These signs have got worse as I have gotten older. At 7 I was clumsy with relatively wide feet and special shoes (wide fit rather than 'special' - NHS shoes) but more recently my toes have become more hammer like and stiffer so I decided to have them sorted out.
Initial consultations settled on a heel shift (calcaneal osteotomy), tendon transfers/toe straightening (modified Jones procedure) as well as a posterior tibialis tendon transfer to pull my foot up and out rather than in and down. Googling all of these shows you some lovely surgical images designed, possibly, to put you off. Needless to say they failed to put me off...
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