Guest guest Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hello all! Well, Kaitlin went back into the DBB on Monday. Not a peep, not a tear. The bar didn't bother her. She slept fine. When I took the shoes off this am her heels were really, really red. It took a few hours for them to fade to pink. I tried to get in with the Ortho that our new doctor (Frick) uses but they were out of town until Friday. So I looked in the phonebook to find a shop that takes our insurance and would see her today. I took her to Metrolina Orthotics and they said that all of her problems were caused because her bar is too wide.? They narrowed her bar ALOT. They said that the center bolts are supposed to be even with the shoulders, not her heels. She cried and I argued. But it was pointless. They ignored the fact that you can watch her heel slide all around in the shoe and said she would be fine. They refused to pad her heels more. She does have the plastizote in one shoe but the back is cut out of the other. I widened the bar back as soon as we got home. I know this was recently mentioned but just for my own piece of mind...did I do the right thing by widening the bar to put her heels even with her shoulders? The ortho says that the redness is from her trying to pull her heels to the rested position against the bar and that if it is narrowed she won't have to fight the bar. If that was the case then why would she cry with a narrowed bar? Just looking for reassurance or direction from ya'll Thanks in advance! Freeman Kaitlin Freeman 3/9/04 LCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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