Re: red marks on top of foot

[Guest guest]

were both pairs the new style Markell's? The ones without a seam up the

inside heel and a factory padded tongue? Darbi has had those red marks

ever since she went into the new style (which isn't so new anymore, being

over a year since they were released) and this past summer I started using

a little less strap tightness and more lace tightness hoping to get those

marks to go away. It's got something to do with the padded tongue they

started using, in the past most of the brace shops would put plastizode on

the tongue to pad it and it was pretty thick. The padding on the new

tongues isn't so thick, and I think this may be part of the problem.

So, after doing this with the tongue for about 6mo's here Darbi's feet

finally aren't all red on top anymore. Those marks never got worse, but

they never went away. I didn't know if they ever would but it seems they

aren't permanent. Just watch for problems, and if you're sure she's got a

good seat in the shoes you can try using the laces a little tighter and see

if that helps. What I would do at first is tighten the strap normally, and

then lace them very tight. Then I'd loosen the strap one hole.

HTH

Kori

At 07:36 AM 1/31/2005, you wrote:

>Hi everyone,

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>My daughter Audrey has been wearing the dbb/Markell shoes for over a

>year. After a rough beginning and bad blisters, we cut holes in the back

>of the shoes and things have been very smooth since then. In December,

>Audrey got a new pair of shoes and ever since, she has been getting red

>marks on the tops of her heels. Recently she has also been getting a few

>red spots on the tops of her feet too. It doesn't seem to be getting any

>worse and the spots generally fade over the course of the day. At first I

>thought they might be due to breaking in a new pair of shoes, or that maybe

>they were a little bigger than they should have been (size). I'm just

>concerned that they might turn into blisters...I can't figure out what is

>different from the last pair of shoes to this pair.

>

>Any thoughts/input would be greatly appreciated!

>

>Thanks so much,

>Bess

>

>mommy to Elena, 3/31/00 and Audrey, 9/27/03, bcf, dbb 12 hrs/day

>

>Go Wildcats!

>

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