Re: HELP: & Ponseti/ brace

[Guest guest]

Often the shoes are set at 60 rather than 70 but I do not know why

exactly. Everett has been wearing a 60 degree shoe for nearly 2 years with

excellent results.

s.

HELP: & Ponseti/ brace

okay, came out of his cast 2 days early due o the fact that he had worn

out the heels from kicking. I called Dr Ponseti's office, which they said would

be okay to soak them off and to move him into the P/M. Well so far so good, I

guess, but I noticed they are set at 60 degrees. Aren't they suppose to be on

70?

Side note: we have had them on for about 4 hours now and they have remained on

longer than we could ever get from the Markell/DDB - YAHOO!

mom to BL CF

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[Guest guest]

We started in the shoes at 70 degrees; at our next appt a few months

later, Ponseti changed them to 60. This doesn't answer anything except we had

one of the very first pairs of shoes and they did begin with 70 but

reduced it soon after.

s.

Re: HELP: & Ponseti/ brace

There's a bit of confusion about this. Dr. Ponseti and set them

at 60 degrees, something to do with the shoe design. And I think for

the Atypical feet they may be doing 60 as a matter of course. I knew

about this and expected to use them at 60 degrees when we got our

pair a few months back but when I compared them exactly to her

Markell's on the bar 60 wasn't enough, I didn't want to reduce her at

all and if I set them at 60 she would have absolutely been

reduced. The PM's at 70 are exactly the same abduction as the

MArkell's at 70 so that's where I put them. I'd email or call Dr. P

and ask him what he wants for , he knows these shoes and now

he knows 's feet. He'd be the best one to clarify this with.

Congrats to you and for getting out of casts! Whoohoo! Any

pics of feet that the hands of an angel have fixed? huh? huh? I so

wanted to cry when I saw your pics, same with the ones from the

symposium. I just wanna hug on that old man so much! You can

totally see the love he had for when he was working on

him... I'm just so thrilled for you!

Kori

At 06:19 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote:

>okay, came out of his cast 2 days early due o the fact that

>he had worn out the heels from kicking. I called Dr Ponseti's

>office, which they said would be okay to soak them off and to move

>him into the P/M. Well so far so good, I guess, but I noticed they

>are set at 60 degrees. Aren't they suppose to be on 70?

>

>Side note: we have had them on for about 4 hours now and they have

>remained on longer than we could ever get from the Markell/DDB - YAHOO!

>

>

>mom to BL CF

>

>__________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

There's a bit of confusion about this. Dr. Ponseti and set them

at 60 degrees, something to do with the shoe design. And I think for

the Atypical feet they may be doing 60 as a matter of course. I knew

about this and expected to use them at 60 degrees when we got our

pair a few months back but when I compared them exactly to her

Markell's on the bar 60 wasn't enough, I didn't want to reduce her at

all and if I set them at 60 she would have absolutely been

reduced. The PM's at 70 are exactly the same abduction as the

MArkell's at 70 so that's where I put them. I'd email or call Dr. P

and ask him what he wants for , he knows these shoes and now

he knows 's feet. He'd be the best one to clarify this with.

Congrats to you and for getting out of casts! Whoohoo! Any

pics of feet that the hands of an angel have fixed? huh? huh? I so

wanted to cry when I saw your pics, same with the ones from the

symposium. I just wanna hug on that old man so much! You can

totally see the love he had for when he was working on

him... I'm just so thrilled for you!

Kori

At 06:19 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote:

>okay, came out of his cast 2 days early due o the fact that

>he had worn out the heels from kicking. I called Dr Ponseti's

>office, which they said would be okay to soak them off and to move

>him into the P/M. Well so far so good, I guess, but I noticed they

>are set at 60 degrees. Aren't they suppose to be on 70?

>

>Side note: we have had them on for about 4 hours now and they have

>remained on longer than we could ever get from the Markell/DDB - YAHOO!

>

>

>mom to BL CF

>

>__________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Our last pair of P/M shoes also came set at 60 degrees and I wondered

what to do. I called and he said they are all set at 60 degrees

now becuase that is what Dr. Ponseti told him to set them at. I

emailed my Doctor (Scher in NYC) and Dr. Ponseti and quickly heard

back from both off them. Here is the email and about as direct as you

can get :-)

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September 16, 2005

You are correct that we have recommended setting the Markell shoes on

the Denis Browne bar (the open toe lace up footwear which has been

used for many years) at 70 degrees of outward rotation, but we have

found 60 degrees in the shoes is about the same angle so we

are now recommending 60 degrees for the brace. Dr. Scher did

check with me last week on this matter and I told him the same thing.

Best regards.

I.V. Ponseti, M.D.

> There's a bit of confusion about this. Dr. Ponseti and set them

> at 60 degrees, something to do with the shoe design. And I think for

> the Atypical feet they may be doing 60 as a matter of course. I knew

> about this and expected to use them at 60 degrees when we got our

> pair a few months back but when I compared them exactly to her

> Markell's on the bar 60 wasn't enough, I didn't want to reduce her at

> all and if I set them at 60 she would have absolutely been

> reduced. The PM's at 70 are exactly the same abduction as the

> MArkell's at 70 so that's where I put them. I'd email or call Dr. P

> and ask him what he wants for , he knows these shoes and now

> he knows 's feet. He'd be the best one to clarify this with.

[Guest guest]

Thanks !

Given wrote:Our last pair of P/M shoes also came set at

60 degrees and I wondered

what to do. I called and he said they are all set at 60 degrees

now becuase that is what Dr. Ponseti told him to set them at. I

emailed my Doctor (Scher in NYC) and Dr. Ponseti and quickly heard

back from both off them. Here is the email and about as direct as you

can get :-)

-------------------------------------

September 16, 2005

You are correct that we have recommended setting the Markell shoes on

the Denis Browne bar (the open toe lace up footwear which has been

used for many years) at 70 degrees of outward rotation, but we have

found 60 degrees in the shoes is about the same angle so we

are now recommending 60 degrees for the brace. Dr. Scher did

check with me last week on this matter and I told him the same thing.

Best regards.

I.V. Ponseti, M.D.

> There's a bit of confusion about this. Dr. Ponseti and set them

> at 60 degrees, something to do with the shoe design. And I think for

> the Atypical feet they may be doing 60 as a matter of course. I knew

> about this and expected to use them at 60 degrees when we got our

> pair a few months back but when I compared them exactly to her

> Markell's on the bar 60 wasn't enough, I didn't want to reduce her at

> all and if I set them at 60 she would have absolutely been

> reduced. The PM's at 70 are exactly the same abduction as the

> MArkell's at 70 so that's where I put them. I'd email or call Dr. P

> and ask him what he wants for , he knows these shoes and now

> he knows 's feet. He'd be the best one to clarify this with.

[Guest guest]

Of course I have pics. I will get them on the CFPICS asap. I emailed Dr.

Ponseti so hopefully I can get clarification soon. He seems to be doing okay.

Question: how do you know where to place a rolled blanket or pillow under the

legs to help them be more comfortable.

frogabog wrote:

There's a bit of confusion about this. Dr. Ponseti and set them

at 60 degrees, something to do with the shoe design. And I think for

the Atypical feet they may be doing 60 as a matter of course. I knew

about this and expected to use them at 60 degrees when we got our

pair a few months back but when I compared them exactly to her

Markell's on the bar 60 wasn't enough, I didn't want to reduce her at

all and if I set them at 60 she would have absolutely been

reduced. The PM's at 70 are exactly the same abduction as the

MArkell's at 70 so that's where I put them. I'd email or call Dr. P

and ask him what he wants for , he knows these shoes and now

he knows 's feet. He'd be the best one to clarify this with.

Congrats to you and for getting out of casts! Whoohoo! Any

pics of feet that the hands of an angel have fixed? huh? huh? I so

wanted to cry when I saw your pics, same with the ones from the

symposium. I just wanna hug on that old man so much! You can

totally see the love he had for when he was working on

him... I'm just so thrilled for you!

Kori

At 06:19 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote:

>okay, came out of his cast 2 days early due o the fact that

>he had worn out the heels from kicking. I called Dr Ponseti's

>office, which they said would be okay to soak them off and to move

>him into the P/M. Well so far so good, I guess, but I noticed they

>are set at 60 degrees. Aren't they suppose to be on 70?

>

>Side note: we have had them on for about 4 hours now and they have

>remained on longer than we could ever get from the Markell/DDB - YAHOO!

>

>

>mom to BL CF

>

>__________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Of course I have pics. I will get them on the CFPICS asap. I emailed Dr.

Ponseti so hopefully I can get clarification soon. He seems to be doing okay.

Question: how do you know where to place a rolled blanket or pillow under the

legs to help them be more comfortable.

frogabog wrote:

There's a bit of confusion about this. Dr. Ponseti and set them

at 60 degrees, something to do with the shoe design. And I think for

the Atypical feet they may be doing 60 as a matter of course. I knew

about this and expected to use them at 60 degrees when we got our

pair a few months back but when I compared them exactly to her

Markell's on the bar 60 wasn't enough, I didn't want to reduce her at

all and if I set them at 60 she would have absolutely been

reduced. The PM's at 70 are exactly the same abduction as the

MArkell's at 70 so that's where I put them. I'd email or call Dr. P

and ask him what he wants for , he knows these shoes and now

he knows 's feet. He'd be the best one to clarify this with.

Congrats to you and for getting out of casts! Whoohoo! Any

pics of feet that the hands of an angel have fixed? huh? huh? I so

wanted to cry when I saw your pics, same with the ones from the

symposium. I just wanna hug on that old man so much! You can

totally see the love he had for when he was working on

him... I'm just so thrilled for you!

Kori

At 06:19 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote:

>okay, came out of his cast 2 days early due o the fact that

>he had worn out the heels from kicking. I called Dr Ponseti's

>office, which they said would be okay to soak them off and to move

>him into the P/M. Well so far so good, I guess, but I noticed they

>are set at 60 degrees. Aren't they suppose to be on 70?

>

>Side note: we have had them on for about 4 hours now and they have

>remained on longer than we could ever get from the Markell/DDB - YAHOO!

>

>

>mom to BL CF

>

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