Re: LESLIE How do you know if the degree on the DBB is to little or to high?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I was surprised to hear that Dr Ponseti said that the degree markings

on the shoes are not correct. I'm wondering now if my son's shoes

are set correctly. Did Dr Ponseti mention how much the markings are

out by? Or how did he set the shoes to the correct angle?

Thanks,

[with Alister, 6mths, right clubfoot]

>

> , She has the markings with the numbers on the plate that is

> on the bottom of the shoe that is attached to the bolt but you

don't

> go by those. I have talked to her doctor and Dr.Ponsetti and he

said

> to disregard the numbers by the bolt that those aren't the numbers

> you go by. It is ok now it was very slightly off but not enough to

> matter.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I was surprised to hear that Dr Ponseti said that the degree markings

on the shoes are not correct. I'm wondering now if my son's shoes

are set correctly. Did Dr Ponseti mention how much the markings are

out by? Or how did he set the shoes to the correct angle?

Thanks,

[with Alister, 6mths, right clubfoot]

>

> , She has the markings with the numbers on the plate that is

> on the bottom of the shoe that is attached to the bolt but you

don't

> go by those. I have talked to her doctor and Dr.Ponsetti and he

said

> to disregard the numbers by the bolt that those aren't the numbers

> you go by. It is ok now it was very slightly off but not enough to

> matter.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We got our brace in Iowa, and the orthotist there (Chris) told me not

to try to use the numbers on the bottom of the shoe plates. I think

he said that they don't help for figuring the angles. I think

they " eyeball " it when setting the shoe angles; obviously they have a

lot of experience doing so.

The way I've done it, when I've had to here at home, to make sure I

have it right, is take the brace, put it down on a piece of paper,

and trace the line of the bar, then draw a second line through the

center point of the shoe. Then I used an old plastic protractor with

angle measurements .. to make sure they were set at 70 degrees, and

45 for the other foot.

Hope this helps.

and

> >

> > , She has the markings with the numbers on the plate that

is

> > on the bottom of the shoe that is attached to the bolt but you

> don't

> > go by those. I have talked to her doctor and Dr.Ponsetti and he

> said

> > to disregard the numbers by the bolt that those aren't the

numbers

> > you go by. It is ok now it was very slightly off but not enough

to

> > matter.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

,

I emailed Dr.P pictures of Isabella's Brace because the right one

looked off a little. I told him that they are set to 70 degrees by

the markings on the bottom of the shoe plate. He emailed me back and

said to disregard the markings on the bottom of the shoe plate. He

didn't say why or how many degrees they are off. He said that

Isabella's shoes looked like they were at the correct degree. I

thought i had the email but it must of got deleted. I am sure they

are set right. I will email Dr.P again and ask him why we can't go by

the numbers on the bottom of the shoe.

> >

> > , She has the markings with the numbers on the plate that

is

> > on the bottom of the shoe that is attached to the bolt but you

> don't

> > go by those. I have talked to her doctor and Dr.Ponsetti and he

> said

> > to disregard the numbers by the bolt that those aren't the

numbers

> > you go by. It is ok now it was very slightly off but not enough

to

> > matter.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

P.S.

In my previous note, I said that they might " eyeball " it in Iowa..

but actually, now that I've said that, I don't know how they do it

themselves. I'm sure they have some sort of system. But when I talked

to about setting the angles on a new bar we had to get via

mail, he said that's how I could do it.. that it didn't have to be

precise down to the single degree.

As I said, I did try to be more exact, though, by drawing the angles

on paper.. and I ended up confident that I had it correct.

Hope this wasn't confusing!

[Guest guest]

P.S.

In my previous note, I said that they might " eyeball " it in Iowa..

but actually, now that I've said that, I don't know how they do it

themselves. I'm sure they have some sort of system. But when I talked

to about setting the angles on a new bar we had to get via

mail, he said that's how I could do it.. that it didn't have to be

precise down to the single degree.

As I said, I did try to be more exact, though, by drawing the angles

on paper.. and I ended up confident that I had it correct.

Hope this wasn't confusing!

[Guest guest]

Thanks , when i emailed Dr.P the pics of the bottom of

Isabella's DBB one of the bolts was at 70 and the other was not at 70

more like 80 and he told me to not go by the numbers on the bottom of

the shoe plate and i don't know why, he said that they looked like

they were set at the right angle. I thought you would go by the

bottom of the shoe plate the numbers on it but his email said no and

i never asked him why. I guess because he said they looked fine on

the pic. Has Dr.P told you anything like this?

> P.S.

>

> In my previous note, I said that they might " eyeball " it in Iowa..

> but actually, now that I've said that, I don't know how they do it

> themselves. I'm sure they have some sort of system. But when I

talked

> to about setting the angles on a new bar we had to get via

> mail, he said that's how I could do it.. that it didn't have to be

> precise down to the single degree.

>

> As I said, I did try to be more exact, though, by drawing the

angles

> on paper.. and I ended up confident that I had it correct.

>

> Hope this wasn't confusing!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks , when i emailed Dr.P the pics of the bottom of

Isabella's DBB one of the bolts was at 70 and the other was not at 70

more like 80 and he told me to not go by the numbers on the bottom of

the shoe plate and i don't know why, he said that they looked like

they were set at the right angle. I thought you would go by the

bottom of the shoe plate the numbers on it but his email said no and

i never asked him why. I guess because he said they looked fine on

the pic. Has Dr.P told you anything like this?

> P.S.

>

> In my previous note, I said that they might " eyeball " it in Iowa..

> but actually, now that I've said that, I don't know how they do it

> themselves. I'm sure they have some sort of system. But when I

talked

> to about setting the angles on a new bar we had to get via

> mail, he said that's how I could do it.. that it didn't have to be

> precise down to the single degree.

>

> As I said, I did try to be more exact, though, by drawing the

angles

> on paper.. and I ended up confident that I had it correct.

>

> Hope this wasn't confusing!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks that makes sense. I didn't read this post when i

posted the other one, Dr.Ponsetti told me the same thing about the

bottom plate on the shoe , do you know why they don't go by those

numbers?

LEslie

> > >

> > > , She has the markings with the numbers on the plate

that

> is

> > > on the bottom of the shoe that is attached to the bolt but you

> > don't

> > > go by those. I have talked to her doctor and Dr.Ponsetti and

he

> > said

> > > to disregard the numbers by the bolt that those aren't the

> numbers

> > > you go by. It is ok now it was very slightly off but not

enough

> to

> > > matter.

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Thanks that makes sense. I didn't read this post when i

posted the other one, Dr.Ponsetti told me the same thing about the

bottom plate on the shoe , do you know why they don't go by those

numbers?

LEslie

> > >

> > > , She has the markings with the numbers on the plate

that

> is

> > > on the bottom of the shoe that is attached to the bolt but you

> > don't

> > > go by those. I have talked to her doctor and Dr.Ponsetti and

he

> > said

> > > to disregard the numbers by the bolt that those aren't the

> numbers

> > > you go by. It is ok now it was very slightly off but not

enough

> to

> > > matter.

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Thanks that makes sense. I didn't read this post when i

posted the other one, Dr.Ponsetti told me the same thing about the

bottom plate on the shoe , do you know why they don't go by those

numbers?

LEslie

> > >

> > > , She has the markings with the numbers on the plate

that

> is

> > > on the bottom of the shoe that is attached to the bolt but you

> > don't

> > > go by those. I have talked to her doctor and Dr.Ponsetti and

he

> > said

> > > to disregard the numbers by the bolt that those aren't the

> numbers

> > > you go by. It is ok now it was very slightly off but not

enough

> to

> > > matter.

> > >

> > >