Question: My 16 yr old son is on the short side 5'6". He has bilateral clubfoot. Could this cause his shortness? Statistically will he grow more at his age ?
Is there any way to determine whether he is done growing? I am 5'7" and my husband is 6'2" , my youngest son (13) is already 5'10".
A few years ago we did have a wrist xray to determine his growth potential and he was considered almost 2 years behind for his age.
Obviously he is very sensitive about his height and is asking about growth treatments.

Hello,

Thank you for your answer.

I was able to find out that his father progressed normally. Not sure if that helps. He did not have any large growth spurts or such. My son's uncle (father's side) is also 6'2" and his son (cousin) is 16 and 6' tall and his sister is 19' and 5'9".

My grandmother (mother's side) was 4'11", my Mom is 5'6" and my daughter is 5'4" My 3 brothers range from 5'10-6'. All had a progressive growth rate.
My youngest son tends to have growth spurts 3" and 4" at one time (at least it seems)

My son had casts on both his clubfeet within hours of his birth. Did that for 7 months then he had surgery. His left is corrected to 95% while his right is maybe 90%. He was put back in casts until 11 months when they were taken off. He started walking immediately. At 5 years old surgery was unsuccessfully done on his right foot again. Nothing since then. His right leg is definitely weaker as he has a hard time supporting himself on only that leg (he is a wrestler). However, except for a funny gaited run , not while he is walking , no one can notice he has clubfoot. He is very athletic. He did have problems this summer when we backpacked thru Yellowstone Park. We hike about 7 miles a day and his feet hurt him. Hardly ever complains.