Re: To regarding Dobbs brace

[Guest guest]

Sue,

The all cotton will help if his feet are stinky but I don't know how

much it actually helps with the sweating, I think no matter what their

feet sweat in this brace. We had some slipping issues when Sammy used

the AFO style and it seemed to be helped by really making that middle

strap over his instep very tight, kind of press down with your thumb

while you tighten it. If this does not start working better for you

and/or if his heels do not improve I would definitely go in to the

brace shop for an adjustment. They can try different types of velcro

straps, sometimes that helps. Hope this helps, let me know how things

go.

> Hi ,

>

> Thank you for checking up on us. We have placed a band-aid designed

> for blisters on his heel and it is looking much better. We are still

> having a problem with his heel slipping though. We are checking and re-

> adjusting the straps every half hour/hour. Could it be that his socks

> are not all cotton? We have looked all over - Old Navy, Gymboree,

> Children's Place, Baby Gap, Wal-Mart, etc., but cannot find 100% cotton

> socks. His feet sweat a lot making his socks damp and there are

> droplets of water in the boot so we change his socks every few hours.

>

> Thanks again,

> Sue

[Guest guest]

Sue,

The all cotton will help if his feet are stinky but I don't know how

much it actually helps with the sweating, I think no matter what their

feet sweat in this brace. We had some slipping issues when Sammy used

the AFO style and it seemed to be helped by really making that middle

strap over his instep very tight, kind of press down with your thumb

while you tighten it. If this does not start working better for you

and/or if his heels do not improve I would definitely go in to the

brace shop for an adjustment. They can try different types of velcro

straps, sometimes that helps. Hope this helps, let me know how things

go.

> Hi ,

>

> Thank you for checking up on us. We have placed a band-aid designed

> for blisters on his heel and it is looking much better. We are still

> having a problem with his heel slipping though. We are checking and re-

> adjusting the straps every half hour/hour. Could it be that his socks

> are not all cotton? We have looked all over - Old Navy, Gymboree,

> Children's Place, Baby Gap, Wal-Mart, etc., but cannot find 100% cotton

> socks. His feet sweat a lot making his socks damp and there are

> droplets of water in the boot so we change his socks every few hours.

>

> Thanks again,

> Sue

[Guest guest]

Sue,

100% cotton socks probably wouldn't help much with the slipping issue as the

thing that really helps socks keep their shape and not just slide around on your

feet is the elastic-y stuff in them. We love the Old Navy and Gap socks for

durability and they don't bunch up on the foot. Jonah wears the ones we bought

for Hannah--who cares if he wears pink socks to bed?

We haven't had a huge problem with sweating, but we did battle a severe case of

athlete's foot over the summer. One thing I did was to cut the toes out of

pairs of socks that were a few sizes too big for Jonah to wear with his FAB.

That way he could get some airflow in there at night. It could be worth a try

for you. Those plastic AFOs can cause trouble with the sweating issue since

they are so non-breathable. Then the sweaty feet slip around so much more

easily... The afftected foot isn't slipping around at all though?

Good luck! I'm glad to hear that you have the blister under control.

Naomi

The Family

Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, corrected bilateral clubfoot, FAB

14/7)

britsvt wrote:

Hi ,

Thank you for checking up on us. We have placed a band-aid designed

for blisters on his heel and it is looking much better. We are still

having a problem with his heel slipping though. We are checking and re-

adjusting the straps every half hour/hour. Could it be that his socks

are not all cotton? We have looked all over - Old Navy, Gymboree,

Children's Place, Baby Gap, Wal-Mart, etc., but cannot find 100% cotton

socks. His feet sweat a lot making his socks damp and there are

droplets of water in the boot so we change his socks every few hours.

Thanks again,

Sue