Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 susan, leaving the shoes on 23/7 for years would create problems of its own. for instance, keeping his knees in that slightly bent position as well as his feet would pretty much assure that he would develop joint contractures. sam will likely one day walk with the help of braces and crutches/walker (like many sb kids). cant do that with the bar 23/7, so keeping him in that would mean he would never learn to walk at all. and even if he were in the bar forever, the muscle imbalances never go away, so its not even clear that that would help. at some point it becomes a choice of bad choices. keep him in the bar forever to keep his feet straight or do some surgery to keep his feet flat plantigrade so that he can learn to walk (such as it is). i mean, he is not going to walk as you or i know that term, let alone running or jumping, so surgery remains a possibility for us. > Bill. > What about leaving the shoes and bar on 23/7 for a longer time (years). > Will that help with reocurring relapses? Is leaving them on 23/7 not > realistic over longer periods of time? The relapses has to be very > frustrating at this point. I would be terrified to ever take the shoes > off. > > > > > > Shook > Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor > Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc. > 2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500 > Vienna, VA 22182 > x374 > x374 > fax > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 susan, leaving the shoes on 23/7 for years would create problems of its own. for instance, keeping his knees in that slightly bent position as well as his feet would pretty much assure that he would develop joint contractures. sam will likely one day walk with the help of braces and crutches/walker (like many sb kids). cant do that with the bar 23/7, so keeping him in that would mean he would never learn to walk at all. and even if he were in the bar forever, the muscle imbalances never go away, so its not even clear that that would help. at some point it becomes a choice of bad choices. keep him in the bar forever to keep his feet straight or do some surgery to keep his feet flat plantigrade so that he can learn to walk (such as it is). i mean, he is not going to walk as you or i know that term, let alone running or jumping, so surgery remains a possibility for us. > Bill. > What about leaving the shoes and bar on 23/7 for a longer time (years). > Will that help with reocurring relapses? Is leaving them on 23/7 not > realistic over longer periods of time? The relapses has to be very > frustrating at this point. I would be terrified to ever take the shoes > off. > > > > > > Shook > Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor > Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc. > 2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500 > Vienna, VA 22182 > x374 > x374 > fax > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 susan, leaving the shoes on 23/7 for years would create problems of its own. for instance, keeping his knees in that slightly bent position as well as his feet would pretty much assure that he would develop joint contractures. sam will likely one day walk with the help of braces and crutches/walker (like many sb kids). cant do that with the bar 23/7, so keeping him in that would mean he would never learn to walk at all. and even if he were in the bar forever, the muscle imbalances never go away, so its not even clear that that would help. at some point it becomes a choice of bad choices. keep him in the bar forever to keep his feet straight or do some surgery to keep his feet flat plantigrade so that he can learn to walk (such as it is). i mean, he is not going to walk as you or i know that term, let alone running or jumping, so surgery remains a possibility for us. > Bill. > What about leaving the shoes and bar on 23/7 for a longer time (years). > Will that help with reocurring relapses? Is leaving them on 23/7 not > realistic over longer periods of time? The relapses has to be very > frustrating at this point. I would be terrified to ever take the shoes > off. > > > > > > Shook > Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor > Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc. > 2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500 > Vienna, VA 22182 > x374 > x374 > fax > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 susan, no worries...thanks for the thoughts. im sorry if my tone was such that you thought i was offended. it is worthwhile to point out, however, that surgery to correct clubfoot is not never appropriate, depending on circumstances. > Bill. > I am not educated enough about sb, so I apologize if I was offending in > any way. It sounds like you have tough decisions to make daily. As they > say, one day at a time, one hurdle at a time. Best of luck with all of > Sam's treatments. > > > > > > > Shook > Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor > Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc. > 2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500 > Vienna, VA 22182 > x374 > x374 > fax > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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