Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 You can try using moleskin to add padding to make them fit better. In the mean time, to measure the foot use a tape measurer and try measuring in cm since they are more accurate for small lengths. Measure heel to toe, making sure to account for the curve of the heel, and measure from side to side at both the heel and the widest part of the foot (should be just before the toes). Angel Kai 12/31/02 RCF, Plantaris Casted by Dr Mosca 3x + tenotomy Jan-Mar 03, Casted by Dr Ponseti 2x in September 03, Casted by Dr Mosca 4x over the last 8 weeks, GOING INTO MITCHELL SHOES YAY! Shoes Too Big Hi All, I was wondering if I could get some advice. My Dr. has contacted regarding his sandals as Dr. Ponseti has classified our daughter as severe, atypical. However we haven't heard from him regarding how to measure her feet so he can make shoes and she is done with the casting process. So our Dr. tried to put her in reverse last shoes in the interim but they were just tooooo big. Even the 0000 size. Has anyone dealt with this and if so, what did you do? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Angel, Thanks for the suggestion but when I say the shoes are toooo big, I mean WAY too big. Her feet are so tiny that even padding with moleskin won't do the trick and the correction would not be held in her feet. I'm still trying to get a hold of and see where we are in the process but I'm very frustrated. Chris Shoes Too Big Hi All, I was wondering if I could get some advice. My Dr. has contacted regarding his sandals as Dr. Ponseti has classified our daughter as severe, atypical. However we haven't heard from him regarding how to measure her feet so he can make shoes and she is done with the casting process. So our Dr. tried to put her in reverse last shoes in the interim but they were just tooooo big. Even the 0000 size. Has anyone dealt with this and if so, what did you do? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Dr. Brown of New Mexico has successfully implemented using regular baby shoes on the bar for infants whose feet were too small for the Markell shoes. There are some photos in the files section in the folder " DDB with tennis shoes " . There's also a photo of one of his patients wearing the brace with glued shoes at my ponseti kids site at http://ponsetikids.freeservers.com/ Hope this helps- > Angel, > Thanks for the suggestion but when I say the shoes are toooo big, I mean WAY too big. Her feet are so tiny that even padding with moleskin won't do the trick and the correction would not be held in her feet. I'm still trying to get a hold of and see where we are in the process but I'm very frustrated. > Chris > Shoes Too Big > > > Hi All, > I was wondering if I could get some advice. My Dr. has contacted regarding his sandals as Dr. Ponseti has classified our daughter as severe, atypical. However we haven't heard from him regarding how to measure her feet so he can make shoes and she is done with the casting process. So our Dr. tried to put her in reverse last shoes in the interim but they were just tooooo big. Even the 0000 size. Has anyone dealt with this and if so, what did you do? > Chris > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 I do understand your frustration! Kai just got out of a two week " maintenance " cast because he could not go back into the Markell shoes, and had to make new molds and everything for the bigger size (about equivilent to a Markell 3). In fact, had we had 's shoes earlier, the cast before this one probably would not have been needed either. You have my deepest sympathies, and I hope the shoes come soon! Angel Shoes Too Big Hi All, I was wondering if I could get some advice. My Dr. has contacted regarding his sandals as Dr. Ponseti has classified our daughter as severe, atypical. However we haven't heard from him regarding how to measure her feet so he can make shoes and she is done with the casting process. So our Dr. tried to put her in reverse last shoes in the interim but they were just tooooo big. Even the 0000 size. Has anyone dealt with this and if so, what did you do? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Sorry, I don't have any advice for you. Devlin just got new shoes today because hers were too big and her heel was slipping up in them, but she fit into the 000 size. Too big is a pain in the butt because you end up over-tightening them and causing discomfort w/out the desired effect. Hopefully you can find a solution... I was wondering if you had any pictures of your daughter's feet. Dr. Ponseti answered my email and said that he thought Devlin had atypical based on my description of her feet. I was wondering if your daughter's looked the same. Pictures of Devlin's feet are at www.personal.psu.edu/rlg187/clubfoot/ . Do they look like your daughter's? Thanks! Mommy to Devlin Gallagher, DOB 1/7/04 Casted 1/19 – 2/17 Tenotomy 2/20 Casted 2/20 – 3/23 DBB 3/23 - Present > Hi All, > I was wondering if I could get some advice. My Dr. has contacted regarding his sandals as Dr. Ponseti has classified our daughter as severe, atypical. However we haven't heard from him regarding how to measure her feet so he can make shoes and she is done with the casting process. So our Dr. tried to put her in reverse last shoes in the interim but they were just tooooo big. Even the 0000 size. Has anyone dealt with this and if so, what did you do? > Chris > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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