RE: New info on Dr. Ponseti's website- Plastizote

[Guest guest]

Kori you wrote/quoted from the webpage: A strip of plastizote must be glued

inside the counter of the shoe above the baby's heel to prevent the shoes

from slipping off.

Are we still supposed to do this? Ridley has the yellow bar. I think this is

the older one. He still slips out of the shoe often and can pull his foot no

matter how tight I pull the strap ( Now at the 7th hole) maybe it's because

of the lack of this Plastizote? Any thoughts anyone? Anyone got a picture

they could email me directly as I've lost access to the yahoo groups page

....again.

Thanks

Melitsa

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Melitsa,

We just got new Markell shoes and they do have the plastizote on

them.

In our old shoes we didn't have one: the orthootist didn't know that

he was suppose to put it- so we made one ourselves.

You can go to Oshri's site: http://truly_clubfoot.tripod.com it is

in Hebrew but- the leftist link on the top frame will take you to

the photos.

idit, oshri's mom. 7 month DBB 16-18 hours.

> Kori you wrote/quoted from the webpage: A strip of plastizote must

be glued

> inside the counter of the shoe above the baby's heel to prevent

the shoes

> from slipping off.

>

> Are we still supposed to do this? Ridley has the yellow bar. I

think this is

> the older one. He still slips out of the shoe often and can pull

his foot no

> matter how tight I pull the strap ( Now at the 7th hole) maybe

it's because

> of the lack of this Plastizote? Any thoughts anyone? Anyone got a

picture

> they could email me directly as I've lost access to the yahoo

groups page

> ...again.

>

> Thanks

> Melitsa

> Little miracles happen everyday.

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you.

> http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess

[Guest guest]

Melitsa,

We just got new Markell shoes and they do have the plastizote on

them.

In our old shoes we didn't have one: the orthootist didn't know that

he was suppose to put it- so we made one ourselves.

You can go to Oshri's site: http://truly_clubfoot.tripod.com it is

in Hebrew but- the leftist link on the top frame will take you to

the photos.

idit, oshri's mom. 7 month DBB 16-18 hours.

> Kori you wrote/quoted from the webpage: A strip of plastizote must

be glued

> inside the counter of the shoe above the baby's heel to prevent

the shoes

> from slipping off.

>

> Are we still supposed to do this? Ridley has the yellow bar. I

think this is

> the older one. He still slips out of the shoe often and can pull

his foot no

> matter how tight I pull the strap ( Now at the 7th hole) maybe

it's because

> of the lack of this Plastizote? Any thoughts anyone? Anyone got a

picture

> they could email me directly as I've lost access to the yahoo

groups page

> ...again.

>

> Thanks

> Melitsa

> Little miracles happen everyday.

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you.

> http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess

[Guest guest]

Hi Idit, your pictures were great! I just wanted to mention though,

that the pictures at the very bottom where you have the different

shoes and DBB's..at the very end of those, where there is a baby

pictured wearing the DBB, it looks like the bar is set a bit too

narrow (ie., inner edges of heels should be about shoulder width

apart). Just thought I'd mention it.

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, DBB 14/24

> > Kori you wrote/quoted from the webpage: A strip of plastizote

must

> be glued

> > inside the counter of the shoe above the baby's heel to prevent

> the shoes

> > from slipping off.

> >

> > Are we still supposed to do this? Ridley has the yellow bar. I

> think this is

> > the older one. He still slips out of the shoe often and can pull

> his foot no

> > matter how tight I pull the strap ( Now at the 7th hole) maybe

> it's because

> > of the lack of this Plastizote? Any thoughts anyone? Anyone got a

> picture

> > they could email me directly as I've lost access to the yahoo

> groups page

> > ...again.

> >

> > Thanks

> > Melitsa

> > Little miracles happen everyday.

> >

> > _________________________________________________________________

> > Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you.

> > http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess

[Guest guest]

thanks Daiga,

I know what you mean. it looks like it but it is actually more than

sholder width. i will make it a bit longer.

thanks

idit

> > > Kori you wrote/quoted from the webpage: A strip of plastizote

> must

> > be glued

> > > inside the counter of the shoe above the baby's heel to

prevent

> > the shoes

> > > from slipping off.

> > >

> > > Are we still supposed to do this? Ridley has the yellow bar. I

> > think this is

> > > the older one. He still slips out of the shoe often and can

pull

> > his foot no

> > > matter how tight I pull the strap ( Now at the 7th hole)

maybe

> > it's because

> > > of the lack of this Plastizote? Any thoughts anyone? Anyone

got a

> > picture

> > > they could email me directly as I've lost access to the yahoo

> > groups page

> > > ...again.

> > >

> > > Thanks

> > > Melitsa

> > > Little miracles happen everyday.

> > >

> > >

_________________________________________________________________

> > > Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you.

> > > http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess

[Guest guest]

We got our new Markell shoes locally in South Africa this time, instead

of Iowa. They don't come with the plastizote in when supplied from

Markell, so Iowa must still be adding them. I must say we're a little

disappointed with the new style shoes. has been in them for only a

month, the (shorter) straps are stretching already and his left foot has

slipped out three times. His feet never slipped out once in 10 months

wear of the old style shoes (with the plastizote in) that were supplied

when we went to Dr Ponseti.

I agree that the tongue isn't great, although I have left it in so far

because he hasn't had marks on the top of his foot. Yes, it's padded,

but it's much shorter and narrower than the old one.

It would be really nice to have a lighter bar. We have the red one, not

only is it very heavy (a lethal weapon at times!), but the black plastic

clamps are too flimsy. They've snapped twice (we had the bar strapped

up with insulation tape until replacements arrived). The clamps also

seem to loosen and move along the bar sometimes, so that when I get him

up in the morning, the bar is all loose and half the size! I tighten

them at least once a week now.

It sounds like they are working on improved FAB's for us in Iowa, so I'm

optimistic that the shoes and bar situation can improve in the future.

We certainly don't want another pair like these ones when it's time to

replace again. I will contact to see how his shoes will

work for older babies and also find out if it's practical for him to

supply us any direct to South Africa. In the meantime Iowa will have to

post us some new inserts.

and

(24th Jan 2003 bilateral cf)

Been in FAB since May 2003, now on 14 hours per day