Guest guest Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hmmm. Now I'm wondering which would be better for our situation, the mitchells or the dobbs bar. Guess we'll see what the ortho comes up with. He's been awesome and had made us a few custom things already so he may just try to make something for us. The s have been ordered already though. Of course, by the time they come in she'll be back in the hospital for her next hip spica cast so guess we won't even get to try them on her in this cast Can't wait for that fresh cast though!!! It's been 7 1/2 weeks now.... Marcia Re: Latest update.... Marcia, Unfortunately you wouldn't be able to use Dr. Dobbs' articulating bar with the shoes, although the two of them have talked, I don't think they have come up with a way to do this yet. I know has been toying with articulating bars, but hasn't put anything into place yet. People other than Dr. Dobbs patients can get the articulating bar through the Orthotics company that works with him, O & P labs, Dave Osterman Jr. . This bar can be used with either the Markell shoes or the molded AFO style shoes (these have to be custom made with a plaster mold). > > Well, saw the ortho again yesterday. Was actually regarding her hip spica cast, but talked to him about her foot anyway. We were discussing the challenges we've had with bracing while in the spica (we actually saw Dr. Price, who is on Dr. Ponsetti's list, as our regular ortho was out of town) so, after chatting he wrote us a prescription for the PM's and we went over to our local orthotic place to have her impressions made, they will order the shoes for us - how cool is that? Then they get to deal with insurance, not us. Also, one of the ortho's in the office, the other Ponseti trained dr., met us over at the orthotic place. They are going to look into getting us a Dobb's brace. Do you all know if you can order one or does Dr. Dobbs only use them for his own patients? Are there any concerns he's observed with the bar that we should be aware of and will it work with the PM's? Thanks for any info you may have! > > Marcia > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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