Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 HI Halley Sorry can answer anything about the rotation but just wanted to say that we set our own s up. They really are quite easy. You have 2 screws for the bottom of the shoe (there are three holes) and you have a little dot to the side. You line the dot up to 60 degrees (yes I know it's not 70 but in the s you only need 60) Then put one screw throughthe middle hole adn tighten. After this the other screw goes into either of the two other holes which is lined up with a hole. You'll know what I mean when you get them! To adjust the width they come with a little allen key which you put into the plastic adjusting part in the middle. You loosen this part then slide the bars to the correct width. Then you just tighten them up again. Hope this helps and someone else out there can help you with the degrees of rotation Kathy and Ethan (s 18/24) P.S. You are going to love the s! --- Halley Prestage wrote: --------------------------------- Hello, I took Keira for a check-up today with her family doctor. My doctor's nurse saw her shoes and bar and asked if she had been born with a clubfoot. She said that she was born with a clubfoot and so was her son, who is now 16. She said that it has never bothered her and she's always been very active. Her son is also very athletic and involved in sports and it doesn't bother him at all except that they used to have to buy two different shoe sizes. She also told me how the difference in her calf size is barely discernable. I found it very reassuring. I wanted to post about it because I know many people are curious to hear about older people and older kids/teens born with clubfeet are doing. Just to switch topics, I have a question to throw out there. Both Dr. Morcuende and Dr. Ponseti said, based on Keira's pics, that we should reduce the degree of abduction to 50 degrees (as per Morcuende) and " no more than 30 degrees " (as per Ponseti). I saw the post earlier about how it is important to have the foot over corrected to seventy degrees to maintain range of motion and also to allow for some natural regression of foot back to neutral position. I know Dr. Ponseti knows what he is talking about however I wondered about the impact of decreasing her degree of abduction as it relates to those two issues. I have e-mailed him about this but haven't heard back yet. We'll probably just wait until we are in the s to change the degrees. The impression kit was sent over a week ago so hopefully should get here soon as I'm anxious to get Keira into the s. One last question for the users..do you have to take it to the ortho/dr to have them set the degree of rotation or can you set everything up on your own when you get the brace? Thanks and have a nice weekend! Halley Keira 04/12/05 Markell FAB 23 hrs/day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Halley- I don't have an answer about the rotation, however I have read on here posts from other parents in the same situation. Something about their child's feet were so loose that it was recommended to reduce the rotation so they can strengthen up.... As for the s, ours was sent directly to our ortho's already set up by . Neither us, nor our orthotist had to do a thing. It comes with an allen wrench so you can adjust the bar length as they grow. Another mom on here (- 's mommy) had her brace sent directly to her house and it was already set up for her also! It was such a relief for us to get the brace after the horrible time we both had trying to get our children into the Markells! Good luck! Jenn > > Hello, > > I took Keira for a check-up today with her family doctor. My doctor's nurse > saw her shoes and bar and asked if she had been born with a clubfoot. She > said that she was born with a clubfoot and so was her son, who is now 16. > She said that it has never bothered her and she's always been very active. > Her son is also very athletic and involved in sports and it doesn't bother > him at all except that they used to have to buy two different shoe sizes. > She also told me how the difference in her calf size is barely discernable. > I found it very reassuring. I wanted to post about it because I know many > people are curious to hear about older people and older kids/teens born with > clubfeet are doing. > > Just to switch topics, I have a question to throw out there. Both Dr. > Morcuende and Dr. Ponseti said, based on Keira's pics, that we should reduce > the degree of abduction to 50 degrees (as per Morcuende) and " no more than > 30 degrees " (as per Ponseti). I saw the post earlier about how it is > important to have the foot over corrected to seventy degrees to maintain > range of motion and also to allow for some natural regression of foot back > to neutral position. > I know Dr. Ponseti knows what he is talking about however I wondered about > the impact of decreasing her degree of abduction as it relates to those two > issues. > I have e-mailed him about this but haven't heard back yet. > We'll probably just wait until we are in the s to change the > degrees. The impression kit was sent over a week ago so hopefully should get > here soon as I'm anxious to get Keira into the s. > > One last question for the users..do you have to take it to the > ortho/dr to have them set the degree of rotation or can you set everything > up on your own when you get the brace? > > Thanks and have a nice weekend! > > Halley > Keira 04/12/05 Markell FAB 23 hrs/day > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 You can adjust your own rotation. There is a " guage " on the bottom and a small pin hole to mark by. Only takes a screw driver to adjust. s. just wondering... Hello, I took Keira for a check-up today with her family doctor. My doctor's nurse saw her shoes and bar and asked if she had been born with a clubfoot. She said that she was born with a clubfoot and so was her son, who is now 16. She said that it has never bothered her and she's always been very active. Her son is also very athletic and involved in sports and it doesn't bother him at all except that they used to have to buy two different shoe sizes. She also told me how the difference in her calf size is barely discernable. I found it very reassuring. I wanted to post about it because I know many people are curious to hear about older people and older kids/teens born with clubfeet are doing. Just to switch topics, I have a question to throw out there. Both Dr. Morcuende and Dr. Ponseti said, based on Keira's pics, that we should reduce the degree of abduction to 50 degrees (as per Morcuende) and " no more than 30 degrees " (as per Ponseti). I saw the post earlier about how it is important to have the foot over corrected to seventy degrees to maintain range of motion and also to allow for some natural regression of foot back to neutral position. I know Dr. Ponseti knows what he is talking about however I wondered about the impact of decreasing her degree of abduction as it relates to those two issues. I have e-mailed him about this but haven't heard back yet. We'll probably just wait until we are in the s to change the degrees. The impression kit was sent over a week ago so hopefully should get here soon as I'm anxious to get Keira into the s. One last question for the users..do you have to take it to the ortho/dr to have them set the degree of rotation or can you set everything up on your own when you get the brace? Thanks and have a nice weekend! Halley Keira 04/12/05 Markell FAB 23 hrs/day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Halley, So just curious, did the nurse say if she and or her son had had surgical correction? There is a teacher at my kids daycare who told me that she also had clubfoot but that she did not have surgery. I sometimes wonder about older cases like this where you wonder if the person truly had clubfoot or if they just had MA and the doctor treating them thought it was CF. Or if they were just somehow lucky enough to be corrected properly even back then. Or if they did have surgery, and aren't having pain, are there more of them out there that we don't know about. As for your question about the angle, I'm sure that Dr. P and M. and have their reasons - I would love to know what they are so if you hear back, please let us know! > > Hello, > > I took Keira for a check-up today with her family doctor. My doctor's nurse > saw her shoes and bar and asked if she had been born with a clubfoot. She > said that she was born with a clubfoot and so was her son, who is now 16. > She said that it has never bothered her and she's always been very active. > Her son is also very athletic and involved in sports and it doesn't bother > him at all except that they used to have to buy two different shoe sizes. > She also told me how the difference in her calf size is barely discernable. > I found it very reassuring. I wanted to post about it because I know many > people are curious to hear about older people and older kids/teens born with > clubfeet are doing. > > Just to switch topics, I have a question to throw out there. Both Dr. > Morcuende and Dr. Ponseti said, based on Keira's pics, that we should reduce > the degree of abduction to 50 degrees (as per Morcuende) and " no more than > 30 degrees " (as per Ponseti). I saw the post earlier about how it is > important to have the foot over corrected to seventy degrees to maintain > range of motion and also to allow for some natural regression of foot back > to neutral position. > I know Dr. Ponseti knows what he is talking about however I wondered about > the impact of decreasing her degree of abduction as it relates to those two > issues. > I have e-mailed him about this but haven't heard back yet. > We'll probably just wait until we are in the s to change the > degrees. The impression kit was sent over a week ago so hopefully should get > here soon as I'm anxious to get Keira into the s. > > One last question for the users..do you have to take it to the > ortho/dr to have them set the degree of rotation or can you set everything > up on your own when you get the brace? > > Thanks and have a nice weekend! > > Halley > Keira 04/12/05 Markell FAB 23 hrs/day > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hi , Actually she said that both she and her son had surgery to treat their clubfeet. Her son also had shoes and bar (I didn't know that one needed a fab brace with surgical correction). Her son was treated by Dr. Keifer who is one of the doctors I interviewed when selecting a dr. He is the head of orthopaedics at the Children's Hospital in Calgary. When I spoke with him he said that they use Ponseti method and don't treat it surgically much at all. He said the only surgeries he has done lately was because the parents didn't want to deal with the casting/brace (nice, eh?). We didn't get into the types of surgery but I'm going to ask her more about it next time we go in and let you know. I hope that this doesn't encourage anyone to have their baby treated surgically if it can be at all avoided!! However it's nice to hear about people doing well later in life. It made me think that if they haven't any issues and they had surgery, the Ponseti-treated kids should do even better hopefully. I guess the nurse's mom was surprised when her daughter was born with a clubfoot so she did some research in her family. Apparently there was relative with clubfoot something like 4 generations earlier. I guess you'll never know when the gene could pop up. I will also let you know what Dr.P says about decreasing the abduction. Take care! Halley Re: just wondering... Halley, So just curious, did the nurse say if she and or her son had had surgical correction? There is a teacher at my kids daycare who told me that she also had clubfoot but that she did not have surgery. I sometimes wonder about older cases like this where you wonder if the person truly had clubfoot or if they just had MA and the doctor treating them thought it was CF. Or if they were just somehow lucky enough to be corrected properly even back then. Or if they did have surgery, and aren't having pain, are there more of them out there that we don't know about. As for your question about the angle, I'm sure that Dr. P and M. and have their reasons - I would love to know what they are so if you hear back, please let us know! > > Hello, > > I took Keira for a check-up today with her family doctor. My doctor's nurse > saw her shoes and bar and asked if she had been born with a clubfoot. She > said that she was born with a clubfoot and so was her son, who is now 16. > She said that it has never bothered her and she's always been very active. > Her son is also very athletic and involved in sports and it doesn't bother > him at all except that they used to have to buy two different shoe sizes. > She also told me how the difference in her calf size is barely discernable. > I found it very reassuring. I wanted to post about it because I know many > people are curious to hear about older people and older kids/teens born with > clubfeet are doing. > > Just to switch topics, I have a question to throw out there. Both Dr. > Morcuende and Dr. Ponseti said, based on Keira's pics, that we should reduce > the degree of abduction to 50 degrees (as per Morcuende) and " no more than > 30 degrees " (as per Ponseti). I saw the post earlier about how it is > important to have the foot over corrected to seventy degrees to maintain > range of motion and also to allow for some natural regression of foot back > to neutral position. > I know Dr. Ponseti knows what he is talking about however I wondered about > the impact of decreasing her degree of abduction as it relates to those two > issues. > I have e-mailed him about this but haven't heard back yet. > We'll probably just wait until we are in the s to change the > degrees. The impression kit was sent over a week ago so hopefully should get > here soon as I'm anxious to get Keira into the s. > > One last question for the users..do you have to take it to the > ortho/dr to have them set the degree of rotation or can you set everything > up on your own when you get the brace? > > Thanks and have a nice weekend! > > Halley > Keira 04/12/05 Markell FAB 23 hrs/day > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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