Re: Why doesn't anyone know about the adjustable DBB?

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

No, it's set at shoulder width, as per the guidelines. We continue to

see Dr. P and Dr. Morcuende for checkups and they've examined her bar

each time.

She's 75th percentile for height, so she's not unusually small. She

has the two piece bar which, when she was an infant, was practically

doubled on itself.. now there's only a couple inches of overlap, with

the two black clamps holding it in place. There's certainly not much

more adjustment room, but she won't need it at this age!

> >

> > Hi Stacee,

> >

> > my daughter has worn the same red two-piece adjustable bar all

the

> > years she's had it, the same one she got in Iowa as an infant.

> it's

> > been slightly widened over time as she has grown, with larger

> shoes

> > replacing the littler ones. The typical setting is about 70-75

for

> the

> > cf and no more than 45, sometimes as little as 25, for the non

cf.

> >

> > Here are two good sources with sections of info on bracing:

> > Global Health booklet

> > http://www.global-help.org/publications/cf-english.pdf

> >

> > Ponseti Links, with a bracing section with pictures, links to

> Fillauer,

> > Markell, set up instructions, parent tips, etc.:

> > http://members.tripod.com/ponseti_links-ivil/

> >

> > Congratulations on reaching this stage,

> >

> > and Claire, age 5 1/2

> >

>

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for the info. I was so curious because has the same

bar and at 14 months I just moved it and it is not quite shoulder

width apart but there is only 1 inch of overlap and I don't think we

can make it much wider. I just measured bolt to bolt and it is 11 " .

I'm thinking we probably have different sizes of the same type bar.

Somewhere I read that it comes in two different lengths. Anyway,

thanks for answering my questions!

Donna

> > >

> > > Hi Stacee,

> > >

> > > my daughter has worn the same red two-piece adjustable bar all

> the

> > > years she's had it, the same one she got in Iowa as an infant.

> > it's

> > > been slightly widened over time as she has grown, with larger

> > shoes

> > > replacing the littler ones. The typical setting is about 70-75

> for

> > the

> > > cf and no more than 45, sometimes as little as 25, for the non

> cf.

> > >

> > > Here are two good sources with sections of info on bracing:

> > > Global Health booklet

> > > http://www.global-help.org/publications/cf-english.pdf

> > >

> > > Ponseti Links, with a bracing section with pictures, links to

> > Fillauer,

> > > Markell, set up instructions, parent tips, etc.:

> > > http://members.tripod.com/ponseti_links-ivil/

> > >

> > > Congratulations on reaching this stage,

> > >

> > > and Claire, age 5 1/2

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Donna,

That must be it. I just measured Claire's, and it's 14 inches bolt to

bolt. One half of the bar is 8 inches, the other is 9, with 3 inches of

overlap. I looked at the Markell Ponseti flyer

http://www.markellshoe.com/ponsetiflyer.pdf (which has info on the

bars), and it says the adjustable type comes in a max 11 and a max 15

inch version; we've only had the one size though.

Take care, =)