Re: The new Markell shoes

January 19, 2006

Isabella wan't in them all the way from the beginning. I feel bad, I

saw that I couldn't see her heel in the pictures Dee Dee sent but I

didn't say anything. It was so far away, hard to be sure. At any

rate, if the foot isn't down, it's bad. Which is why it's SOOOOO

important to get that heel deeply into the shoe. The best way to do

this is to bend the knee, press down with the might of a giant and

dorsiflex the sole of the shoe as you push into the shoe. then press

into the tongue and tighten tighter than you'd think a babe could

handle. Pull on the heel of the shoe, if it moves do this again. And

again,and again... till you get it. Then lace tightly.

I know you know this, it's for the newbies that I reiterate.

Kori

At 10:33 PM 1/19/2006, you wrote:

>Hey all,

>

>I was thinking of sending an email to Jay regarding his new shoes...I

>think that having a hole cut in the heel's of the shoes is a great

>great idea. Our orthotist (who has a rcf also) has been doing this for

>a couple of years now. I actually didn't even realise that they didn't

>come that way. But she cuts the hole in the rear inside of the shoe,

>it's right where the heel comes down but not where the heel would have

>any chance of rubbing.

>

>She says that she cuts the hole's there so that there wouldn't be any

>chance of the heel rubbing the outside edges of the hole and causing

>blisters or sores hmmmmm. Makes me really wonder if this is what

>happened with Isabella's poor heels.

>

>Would like to get some feedback from you all though before I send the

>email.

>

>Thanks

>

> & Grace

>

January 20, 2006

,

maybe I'm misunderstanding.. but I think some Markell shoes do come

with the cutout, don't they? (I've never seen them in person but have

seen a oicture on their Ponseti flyer.. with a U shaped hole in the

back of the shoe.) Or do you mean recommending having it cut out in a

different location?

I know I'm from the Dark Ages on this topic, but when Claire first

got her FAB in Iowa, we were told to open the shoes wide, unlaced,

hold her heels down completely flat, and draw a line with a pen on

the bed of the shoe where her toes reached. Then, once laced up, if

the toes slipped behind the line, we'd know her heels had lifted.

(Not as clear as having a window but it helped.)

The first couple weeks, I kept seeing those toes slip back from the

line and was constantly taking the shoes off, repositioning and

relacing. I was obsessed! Any slipping and I knew she might lose

correction, esp in the equinus. It happened so much in fact that we

ended up going back to Iowa, and she got one more cast. I don't know

if she had needed one more to begin with, or if she had lost some

correction by slipping, or if her foot just got bigger in the weeks

she wore that last cast and fit in the shoe better, but after that we

never had a problem with slipping again. She never had any blisters,

though.

>

> Hey all,

>

> I was thinking of sending an email to Jay regarding his new

shoes...I

> think that having a hole cut in the heel's of the shoes is a great

> great idea. Our orthotist (who has a rcf also) has been doing this

for

> a couple of years now. I actually didn't even realise that they

didn't

> come that way. But she cuts the hole in the rear inside of the

shoe,

> it's right where the heel comes down but not where the heel would

have

> any chance of rubbing.

>

> She says that she cuts the hole's there so that there wouldn't be

any

> chance of the heel rubbing the outside edges of the hole and

causing

> blisters or sores hmmmmm. Makes me really wonder if this is what

> happened with Isabella's poor heels.

>

> Would like to get some feedback from you all though before I send

the

> email.

>

> Thanks

>

> & Grace

>

January 20, 2006

Jay has always struck me as a reasonable man open to ideas and offering ways to

help.

s.

The new Markell shoes

Hey all,

I was thinking of sending an email to Jay regarding his new shoes...I

think that having a hole cut in the heel's of the shoes is a great

great idea. Our orthotist (who has a rcf also) has been doing this for

a couple of years now. I actually didn't even realise that they didn't

come that way. But she cuts the hole in the rear inside of the shoe,

it's right where the heel comes down but not where the heel would have

any chance of rubbing.

She says that she cuts the hole's there so that there wouldn't be any

chance of the heel rubbing the outside edges of the hole and causing

blisters or sores hmmmmm. Makes me really wonder if this is what

happened with Isabella's poor heels.

Would like to get some feedback from you all though before I send the

email.

Thanks

& Grace

January 20, 2006

They actually offer them made this way. We had heard he had started making them

with the hole in the back, so we asked our orthodist if he carried them, and he

said yes. So, I know they are out there.

11/19/04

number23 wrote:

Jay has always struck me as a reasonable man open to ideas and offering ways

to help.

s.

The new Markell shoes

Hey all,

I was thinking of sending an email to Jay regarding his new shoes...I

think that having a hole cut in the heel's of the shoes is a great

great idea. Our orthotist (who has a rcf also) has been doing this for

a couple of years now. I actually didn't even realise that they didn't

come that way. But she cuts the hole in the rear inside of the shoe,

it's right where the heel comes down but not where the heel would have

any chance of rubbing.

She says that she cuts the hole's there so that there wouldn't be any

chance of the heel rubbing the outside edges of the hole and causing

blisters or sores hmmmmm. Makes me really wonder if this is what

happened with Isabella's poor heels.

Would like to get some feedback from you all though before I send the

email.

Thanks

& Grace

January 20, 2006

,

This is how Markell cuts out the heels now, see pic " B "

http://www.markellshoe.com/ponsetiflyer.pdf

I guess Isabella had this style shoe but her heels were still rising up.

How does your Orthotist cut them out?, Up higher? I think it is good

the way it is to see if the heel is down, but to prevent sores when

they do slip it needs to be cut closer to the top. What do you all think?

Oh, and if you're going to email Jay anyway you might throw in there

that bit that Dr. Ponseti keeps saying, " Tell Mr. Markell he needs to

make his shoes of softer leather. " : )

>

> Hey all,

>

> I was thinking of sending an email to Jay regarding his new shoes...I

> think that having a hole cut in the heel's of the shoes is a great

> great idea. Our orthotist (who has a rcf also) has been doing this for

> a couple of years now. I actually didn't even realise that they didn't

> come that way. But she cuts the hole in the rear inside of the shoe,

> it's right where the heel comes down but not where the heel would have

> any chance of rubbing.

>

> She says that she cuts the hole's there so that there wouldn't be any

> chance of the heel rubbing the outside edges of the hole and causing

> blisters or sores hmmmmm. Makes me really wonder if this is what

> happened with Isabella's poor heels.

>

> Would like to get some feedback from you all though before I send the

> email.

>

> Thanks

>

> & Grace

>

January 20, 2006

Just thought I'd chime in here. I think there has been a bit of confusion

between the Markells and the s about the heel. In the Markells the heel

must be all the way down. In the s it may take a few weeks for the heel

to get all the way down in the shoe, due to the difference in the way they are

made. So I think the conversation about the s may have confused some

people into thinking it was this way with the Markells too, but it isn't. I

hope this clarifies any misconception....

Marcia