Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Hello, My daughter, Keira, has been in the Markell shoes and bar for a couple of weeks now. It seemed like I used to be able to get her foot to go down into the shoe more easily than I can now. How I measure is by how close her foot comes to the edge of the shoe. It seems like now her toes don't come as close to the edge as they did initially. I think I am getting them on pretty tight, but it's hard to tell. Any ideas or thoughts about this? Thanks very much! Halley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 I'm not sure, but doesn't this mean that her heels are just fitting better into the back of the shoe now? I noticed the same thing with Hayden - he started out closer to the edge of his s and now his feet are farther back because his dorsiflexion has improved and they fit much better. Do your shoes have the holes punched out of the inside heel so you can see her foot (heel)? You would be able to tell if her foot was flat or if she was lifting it. Of course I am not expert here because I am just as new to this as you are, so perhaps I'll leave it to the others now! P.S. If your shoes don't have the peekhole, you should ask your orthotist to do it - it makes a WORLD of difference! Halley Prestage wrote: Hello, My daughter, Keira, has been in the Markell shoes and bar for a couple of weeks now. It seemed like I used to be able to get her foot to go down into the shoe more easily than I can now. How I measure is by how close her foot comes to the edge of the shoe. It seems like now her toes don't come as close to the edge as they did initially. I think I am getting them on pretty tight, but it's hard to tell. Any ideas or thoughts about this? Thanks very much! Halley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Halley, I agree with what is saying here - if you are getting her heel back and down further into the heel pocket the toes will be further from the edge of the shoe. If she is not slipping out of the shoes and is not getting sores then you can be pretty sure you are doing it right and tight enough. If you don't have the open heeled Markells you can always cut a hole in the heel if you are concerned that her heel is rising up. Even if you just cut a small hole, like say about the size of your pinky finger, you can peek in there to see that her heels are indeed down. When I did this with Sammy's shoes I just used a drill with a large bit and drilled the hole right through the back of the shoe. Let us know if this seems to make sense, or if you are still having difficulties. We can start troubleshooting from there. HTH, Mom to Jenna (4/7/01) & Sammy (9/25/04, RCF, Dobbs' brace, 14hrs/day) Hello, > > My daughter, Keira, has been in the Markell shoes and bar for a couple of > weeks now. It seemed like I used to be able to get her foot to go down into > the shoe more easily than I can now. How I measure is by how close her foot > comes to the edge of the shoe. It seems like now her toes don't come as > close to the edge as they did initially. > I think I am getting them on pretty tight, but it's hard to tell. Any ideas > or thoughts about this? > > > Thanks very much! > > Halley > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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