Re: New info on Dr. Ponseti's website

[Guest guest]

thanks Kori,

I translated this to Hebrew not so long ago. I will add the addition.

Congratulation to Darbi (-:

Beautiful harts down there!

idit, mom to Oshri. 7 month. blcf. heavy dbb 16-18 hours.

> Dunno why I was re-reading this page. Just because I'd looked it

up I

> suppose. But here's something new:

>

> " Following correction the clubfoot deformity tends to relapse. To

prevent

> relapses, when the last plaster cast is removed a splint must be

worn

> full-time for two to three months and thereafter at night for 2 to

4 years.

> The splint consists of a bar (the length of which is the distance

between

> the baby's shoulders) with high top open-toed shoes attached at

the ends of

> the bar in about 70 degrees of external rotation. 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. The baby may feel

uncomfortable at

> first when trying to alternatively kick the legs. However, the

baby soon

> learns to kick both legs simultaneously and feels comfortable. In

children

> with only one clubfoot, the shoe for the normal foot is fixed on

the bar in

> 40 degrees of external rotation. During the daytime the children

wear

> regular shoes. Sthoes attached to the bar often cause pressure

blisters and

> sores. To prevent such distressing problems we have devised a new

foot and

> ankle abduction orthosis that holds the foot firmly and

comfortably in

> place, causing no sores. "

>

> see

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/parents.htm

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>

>

> If you can't see the bold, it's the last sentence. Looks like

it's been

> added recently.

>

> Just thought that was interesting. Pretty cool though, at least

those poor

> babies with sores helped raise awareness on this issue. I just

looked at

> the pics from Darbi's time with the sore and I sure could have

lived

> without going through that with her.

>

>

>

> Kori

> Mama of

> Kenton - 6/98

> Merek - 3/00

> Darbi - 3/28 - Rt. CF - DBB 14hr/d

> (¨`·.·´¨)

> `·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)

> `·.¸.·´

>

>

[Guest guest]

To prevent such distressing problems we have devised a new foot and

ankle abduction orthosis that holds the foot firmly and comfortably

in place, causing no sores.

Sorry to probably be asking the obvious but what is the new foot and

ankle abduction orthosis? Is this the plastizote and if so what

exactly is that?

Mum to Baby

Bilateral

10 Dec 2003