Re: HELP -- new to shoes and DBB

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I know how you feel. I was hoping for the best, but prepared for the

worst when Zoe got her FAB. She did get a blister on her nonclubfoot

on the third day, but it was fairly small and healed quickly, other

than that, she did/does really well with it!

Let us know how it goes. Can you send pictures of those shoes.

Can you ask them to order Markell Shoes?

Louisa

6-27-99

Zoe 2-22-04 RCF

> > Hi there,

> >

> > is almost ready to go into his shoes. He has had his

> > tenotomy, and will have his casts off around the 2 September. We

> were

> > given a prescription for his shoes, and took it to an orthotist

> here

> > in NJ. They gave us the shoes straight away. However, I am

> concerned

> > that they are not correct. First of all, the doc told us we need

a

> 9

> > inch bar. We were given an 8 inch one, because apparantly there

is

> no

> > 9 inch available, and were told the 10 inch would be too big.

> > Secondly, everything I have read about the shoes mentions a strap

> and

> > buckle. These shoes do not have anything like that, only laces.

Is

> > something wrong, or am I misunderstanding what the shoes should

be

> > like?

> > and 6/24/04 bc

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello .

You should not get s shoes until he is out of the casts. The

shoes come in many sizes, how do you know you have the right size? After

the casts come off take him with you to get fitted in the shoes. I hope

they are returnable just in case. What size are the shoes you have? My

daughters 1st shoe was size 000 which did not have a strap either. When

we moved up to 00 they had a strap. I wonder if it was because they were

so small. I'm not sure on that. Please find out if the shoes are

exchangable, you may need to. Nothing is worse then shoes that don't fit

right which you will learn when reading this site. Good luck and let us

know the outcome.

Shook

Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor

Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc.

2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500

Vienna, VA 22182

x374

x374

fax

[Guest guest]

I disagree with this. If you don't order the shoes

before going into the last cast then they might not be

there when you need them. There should be no gap

between the last cast and the DBB wear. I don't think

the little feet will grow that much in 3 weeks

anyway...

By the way, my son's first shoes were a size 000 as

well and they were rather big for him (they didn't do

anything smaller at that time). They did have a strap

though, maybe the design has changed meanwhile.

All the best,

with and Alister (RCF, 11 Sep 02)

--- susan.shook@... wrote:

> Hello .

> You should not get s shoes until he is out

> of the casts. The

> shoes come in many sizes, how do you know you have

> the right size? After

> the casts come off take him with you to get fitted

> in the shoes. I hope

> they are returnable just in case. What size are the

> shoes you have? My

> daughters 1st shoe was size 000 which did not have a

> strap either. When

> we moved up to 00 they had a strap. I wonder if it

> was because they were

> so small. I'm not sure on that. Please find out if

> the shoes are

> exchangable, you may need to. Nothing is worse then

> shoes that don't fit

> right which you will learn when reading this site.

> Good luck and let us

> know the outcome.

>

>

>

>

> Shook

> Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor

> Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc.

> 2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500

> Vienna, VA 22182

> x374

> x374

> fax

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

,

he's 2mo's old? A 9 " bar seems like it might too long, but maybe he's

just a big guy. Darbi was big, but she started out with a 6 " bar IIRC and

stayed in it for a long time. (ok, might have been an 8 " , now I gotta go

check cuz my mama brain forgot!) There's an easy way to know though. Have

you put the shoes on and compared it to his shoulders? Just put it up and

see how it fits. Put the shoes on at 70 degrees first though and then put

the heels right up to his shoulders in the back and check.

Are these shoes open toe? I think the strap holds the heel down better

than just the laces themselves, which is why they're made that way now. I

would be concerned that you will have a hard time getting them tight enough.

Can you send a pic to the CFPics list of these shoes? I'm just curious. I

think if it were me, that I'd call the brace shop and tell them that

there's been shoes out for this method for years that have straps and

buckles and even a new improved design out that are designed not to not

need plastizode inserts since last October. And what are they doing giving

you old stock shoes without buckles for anyway? Sounds like they found a

good way to get rid of something sitting on the shelf. How much did you

pay for these shoes?

Kori

At 05:26 AM 8/14/2004, you wrote:

>Hi there,

>

> is almost ready to go into his shoes. He has had his

>tenotomy, and will have his casts off around the 2 September. We were

>given a prescription for his shoes, and took it to an orthotist here

>in NJ. They gave us the shoes straight away. However, I am concerned

>that they are not correct. First of all, the doc told us we need a 9

>inch bar. We were given an 8 inch one, because apparantly there is no

>9 inch available, and were told the 10 inch would be too big.

>Secondly, everything I have read about the shoes mentions a strap and

>buckle. These shoes do not have anything like that, only laces. Is

>something wrong, or am I misunderstanding what the shoes should be

>like?

> and 6/24/04 bc

>

>

>

>

>