Question about Dr. Dobbs new brace

[Guest guest]

Hi there

I have a question for those of you that have children in the new brace

from Dr. Dobbs. My daughter just got her new brace a few weeks ago.

She has had the articulating bar for quite some time, and the old

brace was with the Markell shoes. This new brace is like an AFO

attached to the articulating brace. The AFO had three straps of

velcro across the foot. My question is do any of your children get

out of their brace? I love that it is easy to put on, and since it is

custom fitted it keeps her foot in the correct position, but I cannot

get her to keep them on. She's out of them in 2 minutes. Does anyone

have any tips? I have thought about using safety pins through the

velcro, but I am afraid she would be able to get them undone. Any

advice would b appreciated.

Amy and

Gwyneth 12/05/03 rt club foot Dobbs brace 16 hours

[Guest guest]

Hi there

I have a question for those of you that have children in the new brace

from Dr. Dobbs. My daughter just got her new brace a few weeks ago.

She has had the articulating bar for quite some time, and the old

brace was with the Markell shoes. This new brace is like an AFO

attached to the articulating brace. The AFO had three straps of

velcro across the foot. My question is do any of your children get

out of their brace? I love that it is easy to put on, and since it is

custom fitted it keeps her foot in the correct position, but I cannot

get her to keep them on. She's out of them in 2 minutes. Does anyone

have any tips? I have thought about using safety pins through the

velcro, but I am afraid she would be able to get them undone. Any

advice would b appreciated.

Amy and

Gwyneth 12/05/03 rt club foot Dobbs brace 16 hours

[Guest guest]

amy...

our daughter's are 2 days apart... that's neat...

grace went through a phase for a few days that she

would take hers off also... but i just kept firmly

telling her no and put them back on and it only lasted

3-4 days... i also bought some socks at the Gap that

were very long and i pulled them up to her knee and

after i got the braces on i turned the socks down over

the brace.. it covers the top strap and that seemed to

knick it in the bud... (is that the correct phrase?

lol ) but i did just keep telling her firmly that she

wasn't allowed to take them off... hth...

mommy to Grace 12-03-03 BCF Dobb's Brace 14/7

--- Amy Shull wrote:

> Hi there

> I have a question for those of you that have

> children in the new brace

> from Dr. Dobbs. My daughter just got her new brace

> a few weeks ago.

> She has had the articulating bar for quite some

> time, and the old

> brace was with the Markell shoes. This new brace is

> like an AFO

> attached to the articulating brace. The AFO had

> three straps of

> velcro across the foot. My question is do any of

> your children get

> out of their brace? I love that it is easy to put

> on, and since it is

> custom fitted it keeps her foot in the correct

> position, but I cannot

> get her to keep them on. She's out of them in 2

> minutes. Does anyone

> have any tips? I have thought about using safety

> pins through the

> velcro, but I am afraid she would be able to get

> them undone. Any

> advice would b appreciated.

> Amy and

> Gwyneth 12/05/03 rt club foot Dobbs brace 16 hours

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Amy, I'm not sure if anyone has responded yet. I did forward this

post to another clubfoot site for you hoping they may have some AFO

type tips to share with you. Collin was in AFO's and KAFO's when he

was little. I use to buy little girl knee socks and put them on, put

the AFO on then pull the sock back down over the velcro since it was

so long. My husband use to drill a few holes in the bottom of it too,

to help his feet from sweating so much. Also they use to sew an extra

piece onto the AFO strap to trick him so when he pulled it, it was the

wrong thing he was pulling on. If you want I'll try to find one and e-

mail you the photo of how they did it. Eventually he did figure that

out too. How is the Dobb's brace working for her, I wonder if we

could try it for Collin? I think he is beyond it (needing help wise)

but it is always a question to ask. Is Dr. Dobb's the only doctor who

prescribes this or can I go to any doctor and ask about it? If we

could do recasting again then the Dobb's brace maybe that will help, I

just don't know???

Michele

[Guest guest]

Amy,

Sorry I'm behind in reading, I just saw your question. Just curious

why he put Gwyneth in the AFO style shoe. We liked them, but had a

little bit of trouble with Sammy's foot slipping out at daycare if

they didn't do the straps tight enought (he was too little to *take*

them off at the time but he sure could figure out how to get his foot

to slide out). We have since switched back to Markells attached to

the articulating bar. If you weren't having trouble with the Markells

I wonder why he switched you? If your brace is similar to ours, you

should be able to attach Markell's to it with the same sole plate as

is used with the traditional fixed gold bar. Let me know how it is going.

> Hi there

> I have a question for those of you that have children in the new brace

> from Dr. Dobbs. My daughter just got her new brace a few weeks ago.

> She has had the articulating bar for quite some time, and the old

> brace was with the Markell shoes. This new brace is like an AFO

> attached to the articulating brace. The AFO had three straps of

> velcro across the foot. My question is do any of your children get

> out of their brace? I love that it is easy to put on, and since it is

> custom fitted it keeps her foot in the correct position, but I cannot

> get her to keep them on. She's out of them in 2 minutes. Does anyone

> have any tips? I have thought about using safety pins through the

> velcro, but I am afraid she would be able to get them undone. Any

> advice would b appreciated.

> Amy and

> Gwyneth 12/05/03 rt club foot Dobbs brace 16 hours