Re: Got the new Markell shoes and they caused huge sore on Isabella's top foot, Help

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" Got the new Markell shoes and they caused huge sore on Isabella's top foot "

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Take the tongue out of the shoe! When I was in Iowa shortly before the release

of the new shoes, both and Dr. Ponseti told me of their concerns that

the extra padding on the tongue - put there for comfort, and a very good idea in

theory - would cause pinching when the strap was pulled down tightly.

I can tell you that taking the tongue out won't hurt the way the shoe fits or

how it works. Because Kai had extra soft tissue on the top of his foot for a

long time, we battled pinching where the strap came across. Dr. Ponseti finally

told me to just take the tongue off the shoe and use it that way (and this was

with the OLD shoes!) After that, we never had another problem with sores or

pinching where the strap came across.

Angel

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Angel, Thank you so much for replying to me. I was starting to think

no one would reply to my post. I didn't even think about taking the

tongue out. They are the new shoes and they put a plastizoid in the

back of the heel and I read on here that it wasn't necessary to have

that so I took it out and was hoping that would help. I now will take

your advice and take the tongue out, I don't know why i didn't think

of that before. She has had red marks forever but not this bad. I

should of took out the tongue long ago. Thank you Thank you Thank

you. I will let you know tomorrow how it turned out.

> " Got the new Markell shoes and they caused huge sore on Isabella's

top foot "

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> Take the tongue out of the shoe! When I was in Iowa shortly before

the release of the new shoes, both and Dr. Ponseti told me

of their concerns that the extra padding on the tongue - put there

for comfort, and a very good idea in theory - would cause pinching

when the strap was pulled down tightly.

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> I can tell you that taking the tongue out won't hurt the way the

shoe fits or how it works. Because Kai had extra soft tissue on the

top of his foot for a long time, we battled pinching where the strap

came across. Dr. Ponseti finally told me to just take the tongue off

the shoe and use it that way (and this was with the OLD shoes!)

After that, we never had another problem with sores or pinching where

the strap came across.

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> Angel

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[Guest guest]

, we had the same problem with the new shoes! I ended up

switching the tongues with his old pair of shoes. The red marks

never totally went away but they didn't seem to bother him....until

about a month ago when his right foot blistered where the sore was.

Dr. Pirani's orthotist took a look at it - she had never seen nor

heard of this happening before - and suggested that I move the straps

to the lower openings on the sides of the shoes and also to loosen

the strap by one hole when doing them up. She suggested using

moleskin to heal the sore. I didn't use the moleskin but I did

follow her other suggestions. It helped and the blister healed. He

still had slight red marks but they don't bother him. Also, when I

fasten the straps now, I pull the tongue up so that the strap crosses

his foot in a higher position and not on top of where the sore is.

I did mention it to Jay Markell back in the fall when it first

happened - I attributed it to the stitching on the inside of the

tongue where the extra padding is and noted that the tongue in the

new shoe was both narrower and shorter than the tongue in the new

shoe. I'm not sure if that was the problem because, as I mentioned,

Owen got a blister 4 months later using the old tongue. I think it

just may have been pinching.

Anyway, hope this helps!

Daiga and Owen, 02/01/03

Unilateral LCF, DBB 14/24

> Isabella has been wearing the DBB for 1 1/2 years now and we have

> never had problems with sores until now. Until she got the new

shoes.

> I am so upset. I can't believe this. The top of her right foot

where

> the strap goes across the foot has caused a major pressure sore.

The

> size of a quarter. Tried everything under the sun to help her and

now

> this morning woke up took the shoes off and now the pressure sore

is

> raised like a goose egg (You know when your kids have fallen and

> bumped their head). Called Dr.Dobbs and a said to have her

not

> in the brace for one night and see if it will heal any but I am so

> scared to do that. For one so scared of relapsing she is only 18

> months and two she is in such a routine with the DBB I am worried

> just one night will cause her to fight to start wearing it again.

She

> wears the DBB 13-14 hours a night. Dr.Dobbs said to lower it to

> around 12 hours to see if it will heal. Has anyone had this trouble

> with the new shoes on the top of the feet? I thought these shoes

were

> suppose to help prevent sores. I really don't like these shoes now.

I

> want the old ones back. We never had trouble with them. I am beside

> myself I don't know what to do, I hope someone can tell me what to

> do. I put more padding in there and it just made it worse.

> Please HELP!!

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