Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 Hi, Most people find that the DBB doesn't delay development at all. I have twins, one with clubfoot (in DBB) and one without, and they reached all their milestones within a week of each other (eg rolling over, sitting up, crawling, standing up, cruising). Alister can even stand on his DBB without holding on, and that on laminate flooring... with Alister (RCF) and (normal feet) (*11 Sep 02) --- yudric wrote: > Hi everyone. My baby is 5 months and started the DBB > full time 1 1/2 > weeks ago. He seems to be a little behind in his > rolling over and > other physical activities- putting pressure on his > feet... because he > was in casts and the DBB. Anyone have any > suggestions how to keep him > from lagging behind? Thanks so much. > > ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 The DBB didn't delay my daughter at all. She was put in casts when she was a week old and in the DBB full time at almost 2 months old. She rolled over before my other girls who were non cf but that was because she had an advantage with the bar. She rolled over at 3 months, sat up at 5 months, crawled at 6 1/2 months, cruised at 8 months and walked at 12 months. My two other girls did the milestones around the same time. Try not to worry, i think it just depends on the child. Every baby is different. He will do the stuff when he wants to. I learned that from Isabella, i thought she would be delayed in walking because she wasn't showing any signs of walking but sure enough a couple weeks later she just start walking. Now i can't keep up with her, LOL. Best wishes (Isabella 10/12/02 bilateral cf) > Hi everyone. My > baby is 5 months and started the DBB > > full time 1 1/2 > > weeks ago. He seems to be a little behind in his > > rolling over and > > other physical activities- putting pressure on his > > feet... because he > > was in casts and the DBB. Anyone have any > > suggestions how to keep him > > from lagging behind? Thanks so much. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ __ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! > Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Your child will eventually get up too speed on activities dont press it too hard cause he is still alittle one. and if your press to hard for it, it will never happen. nosurgery4clubfoot wrote: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 hello, do you know if that is the same for the new Mrkell splints? I want to order one from the website and it dose look strait in the picture on the web? thanks idit > >Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot >To: nosurgery4clubfoot >Subject: DBB >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Rose's bar is curved like that as well. jncollonli wrote:Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I see it in pictures, it looks straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Hi Our son is in the DBB 16/18 hours per day and we have the new Markell shoes with a straight bar, it can be adjusted by bolts on the bottom of the shoe. I think it just depends on which bar that you get in the first place. I can undo the bar easily and take the shoes off the bar, but I don't think you can with the other bar which has 2 clamps in the middle of it and the shoes are fixed. I don't believe one is better than the other and I get on very well with our straight bar and am glad that I can undo the shoes sometimes for various reasons!!! It is what you get used to. Regards Rach, Steve & Connor (8.5 months, bilateral c/f) -- DBB >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 the bar is supposed to be bent, I think at a 10 or 15 degree angle on both sides to maintain the correction. I don't know if it's on the website but this apparently is very important according to what I've read about the Ponseti Method. The gold bar is straight from the factory, it needs to be bent before the shoes are fitted, maybe this is why some people are slipping in the gold bar but not in the red adjustable? , do you want to clarify? Kori At 12:20 PM 1/6/04, you wrote: >Hi > >Our son is in the DBB 16/18 hours per day and we have the new Markell shoes >with a straight bar, it can be adjusted by bolts on the bottom of the shoe. >I think it just depends on which bar that you get in the first place. I can >undo the bar easily and take the shoes off the bar, but I don't think you >can with the other bar which has 2 clamps in the middle of it and the shoes >are fixed. I don't believe one is better than the other and I get on very >well with our straight bar and am glad that I can undo the shoes sometimes >for various reasons!!! It is what you get used to. > >Regards > >Rach, Steve & Connor (8.5 months, bilateral c/f) > >-- DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 His shoes are set at 70 degrees on the straight bar. We also emailed Dr Ponsetti pictures of his feet in the shoes and bar in the beginning and he never mentioned that the bar should be bent. Presumably these bars and bolts are made to go with the Markell shoes???? Rach, Steve & Connor -- DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 The bar that came with my son's shoes in Iowa isnt' exactly curved, as in a ) shape, but each end is bent up, then over again to the tip. These had a bolt on them that I really liked because I coudl put the shoes on the baby, then put the baby on the bar, so to speak. This new get-up I just got doesn't work that way. s. DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 I had the red bar, what I said was bent up and over at the ends - but the bar that came with these new shoes (Ponseti's recommendation) is not bent and the feet do not seem to point up at the toes as much as they did in the previous pair. s. DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Someboby mentioned yesterday only occaisionally removing the shoes from the bar to put them on her child. Is this an isolated incident or it is SOP? I have never once tried to put the shoes on Rose without removing them from the bar first. The ortho who fitted her said that very few people can successfully do it and if you want the shoes to fit right, to put them on first and then attach the bar. So can you not remove the shoes from the red bar? As everyone knows, the shoes come right off the gold bar and the bar is marked for proper placement. Following this line of thought, I wonder if this is why so many people have problems with their kids feet going all the way in and the shoes wearing in the wrong places. This also makes sense of why people talk about strapping the shoes on and then lacing. Am I right? I am not being critical, I just think I am having an " ahah " and want to make sure. Robin & Rose Rach wrote: Hi Our son is in the DBB 16/18 hours per day and we have the new Markell shoes with a straight bar, it can be adjusted by bolts on the bottom of the shoe. I think it just depends on which bar that you get in the first place. I can undo the bar easily and take the shoes off the bar, but I don't think you can with the other bar which has 2 clamps in the middle of it and the shoes are fixed. I don't believe one is better than the other and I get on very well with our straight bar and am glad that I can undo the shoes sometimes for various reasons!!! It is what you get used to. Regards Rach, Steve & Connor (8.5 months, bilateral c/f) -- DBB >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Robin, As you know, we use the same ortho. he told us the same thing, and I admit that at first it was alot easier to take them off the bar. But, after we had him switch which way the buckles were going (Since Kai had 2 different size shoes) there was no longer a need to take the shoes off the bar to put the shoes on. Now we have a red bar that they dont come off of, and it is a non-issue, although I do hope Greg keeps shoes around that are not pre-mounted to the silver plate! Angel DBB >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hi I would not be able to get Connor's feet in the shoes or seated all the way down without removing the bar. I can seat his feet right into the shoe and do them up and then attach the bar. I personally think that it is what you get used to as I know people who have the fixed bar who think it alien to remove the shoes from the bar. I was given this bar in the beginning and I find it very easy and can set the shoes correctly. Also our physio tried to put him in the shoes with the bar attached and gave up, she then did it with the shoes off the bar and that is how we have continued. It is really a matter of preference. I think that we had problems in the beginning because of the shape of his foot. He has small short fat feet and no shape to his heel, whereas a friend of mine who has had no problem with the shoes, her son has a nice rounded heel which sits into the back of shoe. That was just my thoughts by the way. Connor has no probs now with the shoes. I am now concerned about the bar that we have has no dorsiflexion and it is a straight bar. I have looked up the Markell webb site and our shoes and bar are on there so I have to assume that it is ok. Regards Rach Steve & Connor -- DBB >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hi Rach I am only butting in here on the dorsiflexion of the bar. I will check tonight in Dr Ponsetti's book, but, if my memory serves me correctly the degree of lift in the bar should be 15% for the affected foot. I know there is definitely a lift required as I have had this done to all of Ben's braces (by an engineer at work) as they come staright. Best regards Tom > Hi > > Our son is in the DBB 16/18 hours per day and we have the new Markell shoes > with a straight bar, it can be adjusted by bolts on the bottom of the shoe. > I think it just depends on which bar that you get in the first place. I can > undo the bar easily and take the shoes off the bar, but I don't think you > can with the other bar which has 2 clamps in the middle of it and the shoes > are fixed. I don't believe one is better than the other and I get on very > well with our straight bar and am glad that I can undo the shoes sometimes > for various reasons!!! It is what you get used to. > > Regards > > Rach, Steve & Connor (8.5 months, bilateral c/f) > > -- DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 > Hi > > Our son is in the DBB 16/18 hours per day and we have the new Markell shoes > with a straight bar, it can be adjusted by bolts on the bottom of the shoe. > I think it just depends on which bar that you get in the first place. I can > undo the bar easily and take the shoes off the bar, but I don't think you > can with the other bar which has 2 clamps in the middle of it and the shoes > are fixed. I don't believe one is better than the other and I get on very > well with our straight bar and am glad that I can undo the shoes sometimes > for various reasons!!! It is what you get used to. > > Regards > > Rach, Steve & Connor (8.5 months, bilateral c/f) > > -- DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hi Tom I just can't get my head around this one. Why are they making the bars straight if they are not supposed to be worn as such?? I mentioned this to our physio once and she didn't make much of it at all. Some of us have straight bars and some have them with bent ends. What are you supposed to do if you only have a straight one? Connor is 8.5 months old now and has had this one since he was 7 weeks old. His feet look great and the Specialist is more than pleased with his feet. I just feel a bit like I have got something wrong now after all. Rach, Steve & Connor (b/l c/f) -- DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 I'm another one who never took the shoes off the bar to put the DBB on .. My son Jakob started wearing it when he was 8 weeks old and finished when he was 3 1/2 years old. In that time, I didn't even change the shoes myself since I didn't want to risk messing it up. For us, it really wasn't a big deal. I don't think putting the DBB on with or without the bar is causing the problems. I know I'm in a minority of using the red bar (screwed to the shoes) and tying first then buckling the straps. When we got it almost 6 years ago, I'm almost certain this was how we were shown to put it on (in Iowa City no less). Even so, we never had a problem with blisters and Jakob only slipped in the shoes 2 times - once the first day when he caught the bar on the bottom of the infant seat and once when he was about 4 months old (we aren't sure what happened because he was with his grandparents at the time). Robin Lane wrote: > Someboby mentioned yesterday only occaisionally removing the shoes > from the bar to put them on her child. Is this an isolated incident > or it is SOP? I have never once tried to put the shoes on Rose > without removing them from the bar first. The ortho who fitted her > said that very few people can successfully do it and if you want the > shoes to fit right, to put them on first and then attach the bar. So > can you not remove the shoes from the red bar? As everyone knows, the > shoes come right off the gold bar and the bar is marked for proper > placement. > > Following this line of thought, I wonder if this is why so many people > have problems with their kids feet going all the way in and the shoes > wearing in the wrong places. This also makes sense of why people talk > about strapping the shoes on and then lacing. Am I right? I am not > being critical, I just think I am having an " ahah " and want to make sure. > > Robin & Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 No, I it's not standard to remove the shoes from the bar to put them on. We have never removed the shoes from the bar and the only time we had difficulty with sores was when the plastizoid was not put in the shoes and he was in a 000. We have always had a red bar and you would have to remove the shoes with tools. Pam and (8-12-01) > Hi > > Our son is in the DBB 16/18 hours per day and we have the new Markell shoes > with a straight bar, it can be adjusted by bolts on the bottom of the shoe. > I think it just depends on which bar that you get in the first place. I can > undo the bar easily and take the shoes off the bar, but I don't think you > can with the other bar which has 2 clamps in the middle of it and the shoes > are fixed. I don't believe one is better than the other and I get on very > well with our straight bar and am glad that I can undo the shoes sometimes > for various reasons!!! It is what you get used to. > > Regards > > Rach, Steve & Connor (8.5 months, bilateral c/f) > > -- DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Rach, I think it's because this brace isn't used exclusively for clubfoot. When I was younger, three of my cousins wore it for intoeing. I thought it was barbaric back then... now I'm living with it lol. At any rate, the bar is straight from the mfr but that doesn't mean it's supposed to be straight to correct clubfoot. The foot needs to be kept in some sort of dorsiflexion and the bend in the bar facilitates that. What size is your bar? I have an 8 " and a 10 " that are already bent, I haven't been able to get to the post office yet because we're actually snowed/iced in here in Portland right now. However, if you're in a bar smaller than 12 " I can send you the 10 " one I have with the shoes. When I can get to the Post Office without slipping on my ass that is :~} kori At 08:20 AM 1/7/04, you wrote: >Hi Tom > >I just can't get my head around this one. Why are they making the bars >straight if they are not supposed to be worn as such?? I mentioned this to >our physio once and she didn't make much of it at all. Some of us have >straight bars and some have them with bent ends. What are you supposed to do >if you only have a straight one? Connor is 8.5 months old now and has had >this one since he was 7 weeks old. His feet look great and the Specialist is >more than pleased with his feet. I just feel a bit like I have got something >wrong now after all. > >Rach, Steve & Connor (b/l c/f) > >-- DBB > > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 > > > Now we have a red bar that they dont come off of, and it is a > non-issue, although I do hope Greg keeps shoes around that are not > pre-mounted to the silver plate! Angel, are the plates different for the red bar? Pre-mounted meaning they're already screwed to the shoes? Why is this an issue? Isn't it just a screw? Or is it a totally different thing? (the ortho guy who gave us our last pair of shoes was unsure if I could mount them myself for some reason... I'm just wondering because it's just a screw and I assured him I could handle a screwdriver...) Kori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Dear Kori Thank you, I would really like to try the bar. He is in a 14 " but has ALOT of overhang. I could try the 10 " as that is where he is set right now and I think if I have one to show her she may just order me another if I make a big fuss. I really feel at a loss as to what I am supposed to be doing here. My Physio told me to let him stay in the shoes for roughly 12 hours and I have just gone on and kept him in 16-18 hours thinking that was the right way to go. Now I find out the bar I have isn't quite the right one it's so frustrating. I am trying to do the right thing here by my baby but I feel like I am flaying in the dark. We went to a dry ski slope the other day and they were all slipping on theirs too and that's not even the real thing. We normally get snow about once a year and haven't had any (that has laid) up to now. I have a load of sleep suits (0-6months) where I have cut the feet out of them I wonder if they are of use to anyone with clubfoot babies seeing as there may be a 'pool' for used shoes maybe we can exchange some of the clothes that will be of no use to any other babies??? Look forward to receiving shoes and bar. You could send me your address to my personal email rach@... so I can sort out the P & P. Take Care Rach -- DBB > > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 WE have to buy everything with snap legs to change the diapers with the brace on but it crossed my mind today to sew elastic stirrups to the end of the pants legs to hold them down (slip the elastic over the bottom of the shoe to keep his pants from riding up his legs). s. I have a load of sleep suits (0-6months) where I have cut the feet out of them I wonder if they are of use to anyone with clubfoot babies seeing as there may be a 'pool' for used shoes maybe we can exchange some of the clothes that will be of no use to any other babies??? Look forward to receiving shoes and bar. You could send me your address to my personal email rach@... so I can sort out the P & P. Take Care Rach -- DBB > > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Rach, You don't need to order a new bar, just bend the one you've got. Use a vise and a protractor to bend it to 15 degrees. Are you in the red adjustable bar or the gold one? I'll send you my address separately. Thanks! At 12:19 PM 1/7/04, you wrote: >Dear Kori > >Thank you, I would really like to try the bar. He is in a 14 " but has ALOT >of overhang. I could try the 10 " as that is where he is set right now and I >think if I have one to show her she may just order me another if I make a >big fuss. I really feel at a loss as to what I am supposed to be doing here. >My Physio told me to let him stay in the shoes for roughly 12 hours and I >have just gone on and kept him in 16-18 hours thinking that was the right >way to go. Now I find out the bar I have isn't quite the right one it's so >frustrating. I am trying to do the right thing here by my baby but I feel >like I am flaying in the dark. > >We went to a dry ski slope the other day and they were all slipping on >theirs too and that's not even the real thing. We normally get snow about >once a year and haven't had any (that has laid) up to now. > >I have a load of sleep suits (0-6months) where I have cut the feet out of >them I wonder if they are of use to anyone with clubfoot babies seeing as >there may be a 'pool' for used shoes maybe we can exchange some of the >clothes that will be of no use to any other babies??? > >Look forward to receiving shoes and bar. You could send me your address to >my personal email rach@... so I can sort out the P & P. > >Take Care >Rach > > > >-- DBB > > > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > > > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > > > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > > > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > > > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Rach, Did you ask your Dr. if your bar was supposed to be bent? I wonder with the many different levels of severity club foot problems, and your child's particular case, if your bar was not supposed to be bent. I know the ortho that helped us in Seattle, took the bar and shoes to the Dr and made sure they were exactly the way he wanted, before he gave the shoes to us. He made a point of telling us this. Just a though. Robin & Rose Rach wrote: Hi Tom I just can't get my head around this one. Why are they making the bars straight if they are not supposed to be worn as such?? I mentioned this to our physio once and she didn't make much of it at all. Some of us have straight bars and some have them with bent ends. What are you supposed to do if you only have a straight one? Connor is 8.5 months old now and has had this one since he was 7 weeks old. His feet look great and the Specialist is more than pleased with his feet. I just feel a bit like I have got something wrong now after all. Rach, Steve & Connor (b/l c/f) -- DBB > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hi Kori Got your address Thank you. Not in bed just yet doing the ironing, only time it can get done is when little hands aren't about. I think we are ok for socks, I can just get away with normal ones now but used to buy the non slip now he sits well in the shoes with cotton ones. Steve is going to bend the bar, hadn't thought of that before. I have screws with these shoes but I don t know if they are different with this bar. It is the gold straight bar with marks in inches on it. I suppose if we bend the bar we won't be able to adjust it outwards when he gets bigger?? Take care Rach -- DBB > > > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:20:53 -0000 > > > > > > > >Just want to confirm that the DBB should be curved when worn, with > > > >the apex of the arc further away from the body. Sometimes when I > > > >see it in pictures, it looks straight. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > > > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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