Re: Bar length measuring question

[Guest guest]

It is better to be a bit wide than a bit short.

Angel

Bar length measuring question

I finally got Christiopher back in his DBB and he's not really fussing very

much...at least at the moment. I put his shoes on first and then attached

the bar. He'd start screaming and crying while when I started to put the

second shoe on, so I tried measuring the distance that his heels were while

in the bar and the distance between his shoulders. Far as I can tell, the

bar was too short, so I lengthened it a little and he seems fine now.

I make a scratch on the bar below the back of his heels and measured the

distance between the two, and then measured the distance between the

outsides of his shoulders. I don't think I have the bar the same distance,

but it's close. Is this the right way to do the measurements...and do both

measurements have to be the same for him to be comfortable or is close okay?

He obviously can't tell me what the problem is yet, so I want to make sure I

get the bar as comfortable as I can.

Thanks!

and

BCF 03/25/2004

DBB 23/7

[Guest guest]

It is better to be a bit wide than a bit short.

Angel

Bar length measuring question

I finally got Christiopher back in his DBB and he's not really fussing very

much...at least at the moment. I put his shoes on first and then attached

the bar. He'd start screaming and crying while when I started to put the

second shoe on, so I tried measuring the distance that his heels were while

in the bar and the distance between his shoulders. Far as I can tell, the

bar was too short, so I lengthened it a little and he seems fine now.

I make a scratch on the bar below the back of his heels and measured the

distance between the two, and then measured the distance between the

outsides of his shoulders. I don't think I have the bar the same distance,

but it's close. Is this the right way to do the measurements...and do both

measurements have to be the same for him to be comfortable or is close okay?

He obviously can't tell me what the problem is yet, so I want to make sure I

get the bar as comfortable as I can.

Thanks!

and

BCF 03/25/2004

DBB 23/7

[Guest guest]

, the way you measured was fine...as long as is

comfortable!

Usually, you measure the insides of the heals as the closest point

and that should equal the width of the shoulders. It doesn't have to

be exact, in fact you can 'eyeball' the width by holding the bar

against his back at the shoulders. Take a look at the link from

's clubfoot site (scroll down a bit) to see what I mean.

http://pages.ivillage.com/ponseti_links/id9.html

Hope this helps!

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/24

> It is better to be a bit wide than a bit short.

>

> Angel

>

> Bar length measuring question

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> I finally got Christiopher back in his DBB and he's not really

fussing very

> much...at least at the moment. I put his shoes on first and then

attached

> the bar. He'd start screaming and crying while when I started to

put the

> second shoe on, so I tried measuring the distance that his heels

were while

> in the bar and the distance between his shoulders. Far as I can

tell, the

> bar was too short, so I lengthened it a little and he seems fine

now.

>

> I make a scratch on the bar below the back of his heels and

measured the

> distance between the two, and then measured the distance between the

> outsides of his shoulders. I don't think I have the bar the same

distance,

> but it's close. Is this the right way to do the measurements...and

do both

> measurements have to be the same for him to be comfortable or is

close okay?

> He obviously can't tell me what the problem is yet, so I want to

make sure I

> get the bar as comfortable as I can.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

> and

> BCF 03/25/2004

> DBB 23/7

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