Guest guest Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 Hi My son Ben also got blisters on his heels early on. The best thing to do is to cover them with moleskin, or those anti blister bandaids. Ben has been in his DBB for 6 months now and we just went up a size. The whole time he was in his size ones, part of the routine was putting on a band aid. Better to avoid it then deal with it. Also (and I know you have heard this before) Make sure the heel is well down and that the boot is tight enough. The foot should not be moving in the boot at all. When it is on, pull on it. If her toes move up it isn't tight enough. I find even our orthotist here in Halifax doesn't do it tight enough. In the beginning I was worried about it being too tight. Dr. P says they can't be too tight. I don't know about that but I certainly do them up way tighter now then I used to and Ben doesn't mind one bit. And hey....no blisters. Try to avoid skipping days this early in her treatment. take more breaks but avoid long periods of time with no bracing. Regression can take place in hours. What kind of socks are you using. The ones with little grippers work well. Gap makes good ones. Sometimes an area of the foot will stay red. Get it healed up and then watch it, but it may always be red. Hope this helps. _Ruth Mum to Ben,born march 31 2003 unilateral clubfoot > Hello, > > Our daughter who has been in the dbb for two weeks now is > experiencing difficulties with her left heel. She was initially > slipping out of the boot and we have disscussed a possible tenotomy > on that foot - our last resort because the foot is so flexible - as > flexible as the other (it was very mild and only required one cast > while the other had four and the tenotomy). We have now mastered the > boot and she no longer slips out of it, but we are now left with a > rather raw heel. We left her out of the dbb for three full days to > let it heal, but after putting it back on for 15 hours, it is still > red although now scabbed. Outside of cutting a hole in the boot, > does anyone have any advice or pointers for us? > > Thanks in advance, > , Tim and Baby Molly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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