S./mitchell/dorsiflexion

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I finally spoke with today. I asked him about the dorsiflexion.

He says that the shoes have 10 degrees of dorsiflexion in the bar. I looked

closely at the ends of the bar, per his instructions and the bends are there.

He said that Dr. Ponseti says that 10 degrees is all that is necessary. I

never noticed the bends before, they are so small and right at the shoes.

He said that it is fine that the bottom straps don't cover Kaitlin's

toes. He said the most important thing is that the middle strap is tight

enough to keep her foot flat in the shoe. He said that the yellow rubber is the

main part of the shoe that holds the correction.

I also mentioned the logo cleats on the bottom of the shoes and he

said that he has had 4 complaints about that over the past week and that he will

be changing the shoes again to do away with that part. He said that his goal

in putting the logo there was to make the shoes look more like regular

shoes...not to inflict pain on us parents.

(suuuurrrreeee it was! :-)

Well that was basically the gist of our conversation today. I feel

much better about them now.

I was looking at Kaitlin's foot though and it seems that when I pull

her toes up towards her shin (dorsiflexion, right?) her toes will not go beyond

the flat (neutral) position. Does that sound right? I thought they should

flex more than that, her nonclubfoot does flex more. Could this signal the

beginning of a relapse? I put in a call to Dr. Frick, but am still waiting to

hear back.

Freeman