Steps2Walk Pakistan

Please help support our journey to Lahore Pakistan as we treat disabling deformities that limit our patients from leading a productive life in their communities and workforce. I am a Foot and Ankle surgeon that will be going along with a team of other doctors to perform surgery on these patients. It will be an effort with the organization Steps2walk. (Steps2walk.org) The money raised will go directly to patient care and surgeries including medical fees during our time in Pakistan from surgical implants, bracing, physical therapy and rehabilitation process. For most of our patients, these ailments have persisted through childhood and into adulthood and limit their productivity, participation in household and community activities, and lead to profound and permanent psychological impairment. Many of these deformities are very complex and even with modern facilities, our humanitarian programs are faced with difficult decisions and little equipment with which to work. To give our patients the best possible outcome, we spend a good deal of time advance planning in order to implement treatment in the most sustainable way. While this is always a challenge, it is incredibly rewarding. Most of our patients have not walked with the foot flat on the ground for years, some for decades and the change in their lives is heart-wrenching to see during follow up visits.