My mother and I both had it. I ended up with a slightly shorter left leg, left foot 1/2 shoe size smaller and a curved spine. Still played sports, hunted the mountains, worked in the trades and have had an active life.
As a result of tearing up my left knee a couple of years back I now wear a knee brace at times. The clinic I go to has a number of polio patients coming in to get their braces adjusted. The technology today has come along ways from what it used to be.
The clinician that I work with has tried unsuccessfully to get me to wear a leg brace. He says that people that have had polio are among the most stubborn, uncomplaining people he has met. They just get going and do not take you cannot do that for an answer.
