Guest guest Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 I agree, the only time I have ever heard of someone not having the shoes set at 70 degrees was when they were atypical. Like, 's son Tommy...I think she said at one point that Dr. Herzenberg set it at 60 degrees. Re: DBB Question Red Flag! Red Flag!!!!! The DBB must be on 23/7 for 3 months especially the young babies right out of the casts. In addition, the feet should remain at 70 degrees unless it is an unusual case like atypical, which I don't think your son has. Yes, the feet look over corrected. Yes, the feet ARE overcorrected. That is because over time (2-3 years), through growth spurts, the feet will regress slightly, thus the reason for over correction. Dr. Ponseti started the overcorrection at 70 degrees later in his practice to help decrease chances of relapse. I don't know exactly when he changed it, but I'm sure someone here does. Once he changed it, % of relapses has drastically decreased. I know someone can also give exact statistics. Stick to the 23/7 as you said you are and I would put the feet back to 70 before a relapse occurs. 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 June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 I agree, the only time I have ever heard of someone not having the shoes set at 70 degrees was when they were atypical. Like, 's son Tommy...I think she said at one point that Dr. Herzenberg set it at 60 degrees. Re: DBB Question Red Flag! Red Flag!!!!! The DBB must be on 23/7 for 3 months especially the young babies right out of the casts. In addition, the feet should remain at 70 degrees unless it is an unusual case like atypical, which I don't think your son has. Yes, the feet look over corrected. Yes, the feet ARE overcorrected. That is because over time (2-3 years), through growth spurts, the feet will regress slightly, thus the reason for over correction. Dr. Ponseti started the overcorrection at 70 degrees later in his practice to help decrease chances of relapse. I don't know exactly when he changed it, but I'm sure someone here does. Once he changed it, % of relapses has drastically decreased. I know someone can also give exact statistics. Stick to the 23/7 as you said you are and I would put the feet back to 70 before a relapse occurs. 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 June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 In a message dated 6/3/2005 8:07:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, arfazzina@... writes: Has anyone else had the feet turned to 50%? His feet did look to me like they were pointed way far out. Dominicks are 70 & 45 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 In a message dated 6/3/2005 8:07:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, arfazzina@... writes: Has anyone else had the feet turned to 50%? His feet did look to me like they were pointed way far out. Dominicks are 70 & 45 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 We have just come back from a visit with my son's orthopaedist. My son has been in the DBB for a little over a month. He was born with a mild case of bilateral clubfeet. He had 4 casts, the last one on for 3 weeks but he did not have the tenotomy since his dorsoflexion is better than 20%. Today our doctor turned his feet in from 70% to 50% because he said that they were a little too severely turned out. He also said that we could reduce our time to 20 hours a day in the DBB. I would like to know your opinion on these two things. I know that based on the Ponseti procedure, he should be in the DBB for 23 hours for 3 whole months and there is no information about turning the feet back in from 70% at any point in his time in the DBB. He has tolerated the DBB well. We have had no problems with it. Has anyone else had the feet turned to 50%? His feet did look to me like they were pointed way far out. I am still keeping the shoes on 23 hours/day since he tolerates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 We have just come back from a visit with my son's orthopaedist. My son has been in the DBB for a little over a month. He was born with a mild case of bilateral clubfeet. He had 4 casts, the last one on for 3 weeks but he did not have the tenotomy since his dorsoflexion is better than 20%. Today our doctor turned his feet in from 70% to 50% because he said that they were a little too severely turned out. He also said that we could reduce our time to 20 hours a day in the DBB. I would like to know your opinion on these two things. I know that based on the Ponseti procedure, he should be in the DBB for 23 hours for 3 whole months and there is no information about turning the feet back in from 70% at any point in his time in the DBB. He has tolerated the DBB well. We have had no problems with it. Has anyone else had the feet turned to 50%? His feet did look to me like they were pointed way far out. I am still keeping the shoes on 23 hours/day since he tolerates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Red Flag! Red Flag!!!!! The DBB must be on 23/7 for 3 months especially the young babies right out of the casts. In addition, the feet should remain at 70 degrees unless it is an unusual case like atypical, which I don't think your son has. Yes, the feet look over corrected. Yes, the feet ARE overcorrected. That is because over time (2-3 years), through growth spurts, the feet will regress slightly, thus the reason for over correction. Dr. Ponseti started the overcorrection at 70 degrees later in his practice to help decrease chances of relapse. I don't know exactly when he changed it, but I'm sure someone here does. Once he changed it, % of relapses has drastically decreased. I know someone can also give exact statistics. Stick to the 23/7 as you said you are and I would put the feet back to 70 before a relapse occurs. 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 June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Red Flag! Red Flag!!!!! The DBB must be on 23/7 for 3 months especially the young babies right out of the casts. In addition, the feet should remain at 70 degrees unless it is an unusual case like atypical, which I don't think your son has. Yes, the feet look over corrected. Yes, the feet ARE overcorrected. That is because over time (2-3 years), through growth spurts, the feet will regress slightly, thus the reason for over correction. Dr. Ponseti started the overcorrection at 70 degrees later in his practice to help decrease chances of relapse. I don't know exactly when he changed it, but I'm sure someone here does. Once he changed it, % of relapses has drastically decreased. I know someone can also give exact statistics. Stick to the 23/7 as you said you are and I would put the feet back to 70 before a relapse occurs. 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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