Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 April, I just wanted to say that if your son slipped out of the casts then went into the brace with only partial correction that is what the blisters are being caused by. There are ways to get a cast to stay on a difficult foot if a doctor is familiar with it. I would suggest you contact Dr Ponseti at ignacio-ponseti@... - send photos if you can - and he can tell you who in your general area may be able to help. I am in no way saying your doctor is incompetent, but some feet are just different from the norm and cant be held in the " normal " cast. Several parents here have gone thru this or something similar and can help you out. I had to take our son to Iowa to get full correction because his foot was very different from normal. The brace with Markell shoes will NOT correct the foot, only hold it, so it is really better - and reduces the risk of surgery later - if your son's foot is fully corrected. Angel Preventing Blisters Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 April, I just wanted to say that if your son slipped out of the casts then went into the brace with only partial correction that is what the blisters are being caused by. There are ways to get a cast to stay on a difficult foot if a doctor is familiar with it. I would suggest you contact Dr Ponseti at ignacio-ponseti@... - send photos if you can - and he can tell you who in your general area may be able to help. I am in no way saying your doctor is incompetent, but some feet are just different from the norm and cant be held in the " normal " cast. Several parents here have gone thru this or something similar and can help you out. I had to take our son to Iowa to get full correction because his foot was very different from normal. The brace with Markell shoes will NOT correct the foot, only hold it, so it is really better - and reduces the risk of surgery later - if your son's foot is fully corrected. Angel Preventing Blisters Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Welcome to this site! I'm guessing others have beat me to a reply but I just wanted to say as briefly as I could, as a mother of two bilateral club foot children - the casts shouldn't be slipping off. Neither should the braces. And the brace doesn't " Correct " the club foot, it holds the correction gained by proper casting which Riley obviously didn't get if his casts slipped off a lot (I went through all this with my first son before I found Dr. Ponseti) My oldest son's feet are not near as well as my 2nd son's feet. My 1st has had lots of problems due to improper casting and bracing. At age six he still suffers pain and deformity due to lack of proper correction during his young years when a complete correction was possible. My second experience with club foot under the care of Dr. Ponseti has been a cake walk in comparrison. The correction is wonderful, not hit-n-miss. It is NOT too late for you to find a Ponseti approved doctor who can pick up from here and give your son optimum correction for a life time of happy tootsies with just (in typical cases) three to five sets of week-long castings followed by proper use of the DBB. I'm not trying to rain on your parade I am sincerely worried you and your son are headed for major relaps in the not so distant future. Please forgive my saying so..... s. Preventing Blisters Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I have to agree with the others. If the casts are slipping, maximum results are not being achieved and the correction is compromised. When children are getting blisters from wearing the shoes, the first thing to check is to make sure that the foot is being placed flat into the boot before securing it...if the foot is not going all the way in or is not able to be put in properly, it is usually a matter of insufficient correction. I would encourage you to take photos of Riley's feet (weight bearing/standing photos from the front, side and back and also photos of the soles of his feet) and email them to Dr. Ponseti. If just for peace of mind, Dr. Ponseti will review your photos and give you his opinion of whether or not full correction has been achieved. Good luck and keep us posted. Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03 Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/24 > Welcome to this site! I'm guessing others have beat me to a reply but I just wanted to say as briefly as I could, as a mother of two bilateral club foot children - the casts shouldn't be slipping off. Neither should the braces. And the brace doesn't " Correct " the club foot, it holds the correction gained by proper casting which Riley obviously didn't get if his casts slipped off a lot (I went through all this with my first son before I found Dr. Ponseti) My oldest son's feet are not near as well as my 2nd son's feet. My 1st has had lots of problems due to improper casting and bracing. At age six he still suffers pain and deformity due to lack of proper correction during his young years when a complete correction was possible. > > My second experience with club foot under the care of Dr. Ponseti has been a cake walk in comparrison. The correction is wonderful, not hit-n-miss. > > It is NOT too late for you to find a Ponseti approved doctor who can pick up from here and give your son optimum correction for a life time of happy tootsies with just (in typical cases) three to five sets of week-long castings followed by proper use of the DBB. > > I'm not trying to rain on your parade I am sincerely worried you and your son are headed for major relaps in the not so distant future. Please forgive my saying so..... > s. > > Preventing Blisters > > > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I have to agree with the others. If the casts are slipping, maximum results are not being achieved and the correction is compromised. When children are getting blisters from wearing the shoes, the first thing to check is to make sure that the foot is being placed flat into the boot before securing it...if the foot is not going all the way in or is not able to be put in properly, it is usually a matter of insufficient correction. I would encourage you to take photos of Riley's feet (weight bearing/standing photos from the front, side and back and also photos of the soles of his feet) and email them to Dr. Ponseti. If just for peace of mind, Dr. Ponseti will review your photos and give you his opinion of whether or not full correction has been achieved. Good luck and keep us posted. Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03 Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/24 > Welcome to this site! I'm guessing others have beat me to a reply but I just wanted to say as briefly as I could, as a mother of two bilateral club foot children - the casts shouldn't be slipping off. Neither should the braces. And the brace doesn't " Correct " the club foot, it holds the correction gained by proper casting which Riley obviously didn't get if his casts slipped off a lot (I went through all this with my first son before I found Dr. Ponseti) My oldest son's feet are not near as well as my 2nd son's feet. My 1st has had lots of problems due to improper casting and bracing. At age six he still suffers pain and deformity due to lack of proper correction during his young years when a complete correction was possible. > > My second experience with club foot under the care of Dr. Ponseti has been a cake walk in comparrison. The correction is wonderful, not hit-n-miss. > > It is NOT too late for you to find a Ponseti approved doctor who can pick up from here and give your son optimum correction for a life time of happy tootsies with just (in typical cases) three to five sets of week-long castings followed by proper use of the DBB. > > I'm not trying to rain on your parade I am sincerely worried you and your son are headed for major relaps in the not so distant future. Please forgive my saying so..... > s. > > Preventing Blisters > > > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I have to agree with the others. If the casts are slipping, maximum results are not being achieved and the correction is compromised. When children are getting blisters from wearing the shoes, the first thing to check is to make sure that the foot is being placed flat into the boot before securing it...if the foot is not going all the way in or is not able to be put in properly, it is usually a matter of insufficient correction. I would encourage you to take photos of Riley's feet (weight bearing/standing photos from the front, side and back and also photos of the soles of his feet) and email them to Dr. Ponseti. If just for peace of mind, Dr. Ponseti will review your photos and give you his opinion of whether or not full correction has been achieved. Good luck and keep us posted. Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03 Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/24 > Welcome to this site! I'm guessing others have beat me to a reply but I just wanted to say as briefly as I could, as a mother of two bilateral club foot children - the casts shouldn't be slipping off. Neither should the braces. And the brace doesn't " Correct " the club foot, it holds the correction gained by proper casting which Riley obviously didn't get if his casts slipped off a lot (I went through all this with my first son before I found Dr. Ponseti) My oldest son's feet are not near as well as my 2nd son's feet. My 1st has had lots of problems due to improper casting and bracing. At age six he still suffers pain and deformity due to lack of proper correction during his young years when a complete correction was possible. > > My second experience with club foot under the care of Dr. Ponseti has been a cake walk in comparrison. The correction is wonderful, not hit-n-miss. > > It is NOT too late for you to find a Ponseti approved doctor who can pick up from here and give your son optimum correction for a life time of happy tootsies with just (in typical cases) three to five sets of week-long castings followed by proper use of the DBB. > > I'm not trying to rain on your parade I am sincerely worried you and your son are headed for major relaps in the not so distant future. Please forgive my saying so..... > s. > > Preventing Blisters > > > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 thanks for your good suggestion. I will do that. I think 21st he is going for tanatomy. After that doctor will apply the cast which is required 3 weeks. Hopefully everything fine. Daiga Grady daiga.grady@...> wrote:I have to agree with the others. If the casts are slipping, maximum results are not being achieved and the correction is compromised. When children are getting blisters from wearing the shoes, the first thing to check is to make sure that the foot is being placed flat into the boot before securing it...if the foot is not going all the way in or is not able to be put in properly, it is usually a matter of insufficient correction. I would encourage you to take photos of Riley's feet (weight bearing/standing photos from the front, side and back and also photos of the soles of his feet) and email them to Dr. Ponseti. If just for peace of mind, Dr. Ponseti will review your photos and give you his opinion of whether or not full correction has been achieved. Good luck and keep us posted. Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03 Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/24 > Welcome to this site! I'm guessing others have beat me to a reply but I just wanted to say as briefly as I could, as a mother of two bilateral club foot children - the casts shouldn't be slipping off. Neither should the braces. And the brace doesn't " Correct " the club foot, it holds the correction gained by proper casting which Riley obviously didn't get if his casts slipped off a lot (I went through all this with my first son before I found Dr. Ponseti) My oldest son's feet are not near as well as my 2nd son's feet. My 1st has had lots of problems due to improper casting and bracing. At age six he still suffers pain and deformity due to lack of proper correction during his young years when a complete correction was possible. > > My second experience with club foot under the care of Dr. Ponseti has been a cake walk in comparrison. The correction is wonderful, not hit-n-miss. > > It is NOT too late for you to find a Ponseti approved doctor who can pick up from here and give your son optimum correction for a life time of happy tootsies with just (in typical cases) three to five sets of week-long castings followed by proper use of the DBB. > > I'm not trying to rain on your parade I am sincerely worried you and your son are headed for major relaps in the not so distant future. Please forgive my saying so..... > s. > > Preventing Blisters > > > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 thanks for your good suggestion. I will do that. I think 21st he is going for tanatomy. After that doctor will apply the cast which is required 3 weeks. Hopefully everything fine. Daiga Grady daiga.grady@...> wrote:I have to agree with the others. If the casts are slipping, maximum results are not being achieved and the correction is compromised. When children are getting blisters from wearing the shoes, the first thing to check is to make sure that the foot is being placed flat into the boot before securing it...if the foot is not going all the way in or is not able to be put in properly, it is usually a matter of insufficient correction. I would encourage you to take photos of Riley's feet (weight bearing/standing photos from the front, side and back and also photos of the soles of his feet) and email them to Dr. Ponseti. If just for peace of mind, Dr. Ponseti will review your photos and give you his opinion of whether or not full correction has been achieved. Good luck and keep us posted. Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03 Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/24 > Welcome to this site! I'm guessing others have beat me to a reply but I just wanted to say as briefly as I could, as a mother of two bilateral club foot children - the casts shouldn't be slipping off. Neither should the braces. And the brace doesn't " Correct " the club foot, it holds the correction gained by proper casting which Riley obviously didn't get if his casts slipped off a lot (I went through all this with my first son before I found Dr. Ponseti) My oldest son's feet are not near as well as my 2nd son's feet. My 1st has had lots of problems due to improper casting and bracing. At age six he still suffers pain and deformity due to lack of proper correction during his young years when a complete correction was possible. > > My second experience with club foot under the care of Dr. Ponseti has been a cake walk in comparrison. The correction is wonderful, not hit-n-miss. > > It is NOT too late for you to find a Ponseti approved doctor who can pick up from here and give your son optimum correction for a life time of happy tootsies with just (in typical cases) three to five sets of week-long castings followed by proper use of the DBB. > > I'm not trying to rain on your parade I am sincerely worried you and your son are headed for major relaps in the not so distant future. Please forgive my saying so..... > s. > > Preventing Blisters > > > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 April, Welcome to you and Riley! I agree with the other posters that it sounds like Riley could use another doctor's opinion to help get his foot corrected. The foot should be completely corrected before going into the brace because the brace should " maintain " correction, not " finish " it. It sounds like the person who applied the casts to your son's leg didn't apply them properly. Unfortunately, not all casting techniques are equal. If you'd like help in locating an experienced Ponseti method doctor, just let us know what area you're in, and we'll see if anyone on the board has recommendations for doctors in that area. Regards, & > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 April, Welcome to you and Riley! I agree with the other posters that it sounds like Riley could use another doctor's opinion to help get his foot corrected. The foot should be completely corrected before going into the brace because the brace should " maintain " correction, not " finish " it. It sounds like the person who applied the casts to your son's leg didn't apply them properly. Unfortunately, not all casting techniques are equal. If you'd like help in locating an experienced Ponseti method doctor, just let us know what area you're in, and we'll see if anyone on the board has recommendations for doctors in that area. Regards, & > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 April, Welcome to you and Riley! I agree with the other posters that it sounds like Riley could use another doctor's opinion to help get his foot corrected. The foot should be completely corrected before going into the brace because the brace should " maintain " correction, not " finish " it. It sounds like the person who applied the casts to your son's leg didn't apply them properly. Unfortunately, not all casting techniques are equal. If you'd like help in locating an experienced Ponseti method doctor, just let us know what area you're in, and we'll see if anyone on the board has recommendations for doctors in that area. Regards, & > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Hello April and Riley, I had not heard of a cast coming off before, but I am pretty new here myself. Casts under the Ponseti Method go to the mid thigh. Was Riley's below the knee? I am glad you found this group. They are a great help! Louisa and Zoe Rt Uni CF 2-22-04 > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 My 1st son's casts were falling off him all the time. s. Re: Preventing Blisters Hello April and Riley, I had not heard of a cast coming off before, but I am pretty new here myself. Casts under the Ponseti Method go to the mid thigh. Was Riley's below the knee? I am glad you found this group. They are a great help! Louisa and Zoe Rt Uni CF 2-22-04 > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 My 1st son's casts were falling off him all the time. s. Re: Preventing Blisters Hello April and Riley, I had not heard of a cast coming off before, but I am pretty new here myself. Casts under the Ponseti Method go to the mid thigh. Was Riley's below the knee? I am glad you found this group. They are a great help! Louisa and Zoe Rt Uni CF 2-22-04 > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 My 1st son's casts were falling off him all the time. s. Re: Preventing Blisters Hello April and Riley, I had not heard of a cast coming off before, but I am pretty new here myself. Casts under the Ponseti Method go to the mid thigh. Was Riley's below the knee? I am glad you found this group. They are a great help! Louisa and Zoe Rt Uni CF 2-22-04 > Greeting everyone. I am new to the site. My son " Riley " was born > with a pretty severe clubfoot on the right side. We went through > numerous castings. Which most was kicked off or had slipped before > we had a chance to make it back to the next casting. We finally had > went as far as we could w/them and gave up, going to the braces. > They told me that most kids that had that much trouble keeping a cast > on would have a time w/the braces as well. The first week was > horrible. Blisters starting everywhere. We tried taking the tongues > out (backs were already out) lacing the shoes up backwards, making > them tighter, making them looser. Nothing seemed to help on top of a > screaming 4 month old that was totally aggravated. I thought that > maybe some more padding would help with the blisters but we were 2 > hours away from the doctors and it drained me to think of another > drive that I might not need to take. So, the EI physical therapist > that comes in a works with Riley once a week, gave me some extra > padding she uses for splints, casts, etc... It was just a foam > padding with a sticky back. I cut out pieces and instead of putting > them on the shoes (I didn't know if I could do that or not)I put the > padding directly on the socks in the areas that was blistering. On > each foot the padding is on the front side where the straps go and > the tops of the shoes rub in to the ankle and, on the back of the > heel of the clubfoot which was our most troubled area. In no time > the redness and blisters were healing and not a single new one for > almost 4 weeks. Even with the shoes slipping at night and not > getting fixed he has no blisters. We had our check up this month and > the doctor was amazed at our little plan. Hopefully this will help > some of you out. The trick will be to get the padding. Talk to your > doctor or maybe a local physical therapist or hospital. The padding > I use usually lasts up to 4-5 washes and then needs to be replaced. > Good luck to all of you!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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