Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Haans123 Life should be *different* but not miserable with the DBB.....sounds like your baby is having a lot of trouble wearing it. Is that the case? Can you describe to us more about what is going on that is making life so miserable? Perhaps we have some suggestions that will help make it better. I agree with the doctor about not changing the brace, but I bet we can pull together here and figure out what is causing your trouble and find a solution. ee, mother of two bcf boys: - NON Ponseti Method Club Foot Disaster Everett - Dr. Ponseti Success Story the shoes! My son was born with club foot and we have gone through the whole poseti method down to the dennis brown bar brace. Life has been so miserable since and I have done some research and found a brace called the Wheaton brace that just goes on the one leg. My Dr refuses to try it because it is so new and I just dont know what to do. ANy advice ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 What is the Wheaton Brace? It sounds familiar. Is it similar to an AFO/KAFO? I do recommend sticking with the DBB because that is the true Ponseti protocol. If you are having trouble with the shoes, there could be several reasons. You can check the archives for the DBB pointers and check list. This will give you an idea if the shoes are on properly. Your baby could be in pain if the shoes are not on properly hence making your lives miserable. There will be many giving great advice. Hang in there!!! Oh, by the way, welcome to the board! 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 February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I am not totally familiar w/ the Wheaton brace, although I have heard of it; I think it is a type of AFO. The main issue w/ the AFO or any single leg style brace is that you can't maintain that outward rotation that is necessary to keep the foot corrected unless you use the bar. Can you tell us what is making miserable in the DBB? How long has he been in it? > > > My son was born with club foot and we have gone through the > whole poseti method down to the dennis brown bar brace. Life has been > so miserable since and I have done some research and found a brace > called the Wheaton brace that just goes on the one leg. My Dr refuses > to try it because it is so new and I just dont know what to do. ANy > advice ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Welcome to the group- I'm going to reiterate what the others have said- the Wheaton brace is a type of AFO (ankle-foot orthotic)and not recommended for maintaining correction by the doctors who are following the Ponseti method. A KAFO (knee-ankle-foot orthotic) can maintain the outward and upward stretching of the foot (an AFO *cannot* do this), but will contribute to atrophy of the calf muscles, whereas the FAB (foot abduction brace) allows the legs and ankles to move. FYI- the Wheaton brace is not new, I don't know when it was invented per se, but I've known about it for as long I've been on various parent support clubfoot boards (5 years). There is a lot of past discussions on our board about AFOs in general if you search the archives. The bottom line is that the University of Iowa tried them for a while but the rate of regression went up, so went back to the FAB protocol. Your son's best chance of avoiding a relapse is to use the FAB. We're here to help you troubleshoot your problems with the FAB (a.k.a. DBB-denis brown bar)...most of the time it's either that the foot is not corrected and therefore not ready for the brace (though the doctor might think it is) or the brace is not set up properly. What doctor is your son seeing, and how long has the doctor been using the Ponseti method? Regards, & (3-16-00), left clubfoot > > > My son was born with club foot and we have gone through the > whole poseti method down to the dennis brown bar brace. Life has been > so miserable since and I have done some research and found a brace > called the Wheaton brace that just goes on the one leg. My Dr refuses > to try it because it is so new and I just dont know what to do. ANy > advice ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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