Re: Foot keeps lipping out....

December 27, 2005

lol, no... not to keep the foot in. If you have to resort to that

there's something wrong lol... Duct tape does work though when

they're older and keep untying the darn things!

kori

At 05:13 AM 12/27/2005, you wrote:

>Do people actually use duct tape? How would that work??? I think we

>may be to that point almost.

>

> reid

>

> Hundley wrote:

> Aidan also started pulling his left foot out, every morning. You

> might want to take him back to the Ortho to put a wedge in the back

> of the shoe to help hold down the heel. Also try taking out the

> touge all together. Be careful with double socks. If the foot

> gets to hot or sweaty it can actually start to swell. Then his

> shoes definitely won't be comfortable.

>

> The Ortho also told us that his foot (we just got new shoes) was

> too wide for the shoe and was pushing the sides out easily (even

> thought we thought we strapped those suckers down as tight as

> possible) allowing him to pull that foot out. Sometimes he yells

> at us when we tighten it down but I think he does more out of

> frustration because he can't pull his foot out anymore. Good

> luck. I'm sure our days of foot pulling out of shoes isn't over

> but so far so good.

>

> There is always duck tape! :-)

>

>jones_reid wrote:

> Austin did good for the first 3 months that he was in the DBB, now he

>is starting to slip out his right shoe. We can't make it any tighter or

>he starts screaming... What can we do? I know this is probably a common

>problem but we need some suggestions... Thanks

>

>Reid

>

>Austin-8/1/05 21/7 BCF

>

December 27, 2005

I think maybe the bar is too short.... and hes getting to much leverage... I may

go to the second hole now.

reid

frogabog wrote:

lol, no... not to keep the foot in. If you have to resort to that

there's something wrong lol... Duct tape does work though when

they're older and keep untying the darn things!

kori

At 05:13 AM 12/27/2005, you wrote:

>Do people actually use duct tape? How would that work??? I think we

>may be to that point almost.

>

> reid

>

> Hundley wrote:

> Aidan also started pulling his left foot out, every morning. You

> might want to take him back to the Ortho to put a wedge in the back

> of the shoe to help hold down the heel. Also try taking out the

> touge all together. Be careful with double socks. If the foot

> gets to hot or sweaty it can actually start to swell. Then his

> shoes definitely won't be comfortable.

>

> The Ortho also told us that his foot (we just got new shoes) was

> too wide for the shoe and was pushing the sides out easily (even

> thought we thought we strapped those suckers down as tight as

> possible) allowing him to pull that foot out. Sometimes he yells

> at us when we tighten it down but I think he does more out of

> frustration because he can't pull his foot out anymore. Good

> luck. I'm sure our days of foot pulling out of shoes isn't over

> but so far so good.

>

> There is always duck tape! :-)

>

>jones_reid wrote:

> Austin did good for the first 3 months that he was in the DBB, now he

>is starting to slip out his right shoe. We can't make it any tighter or

>he starts screaming... What can we do? I know this is probably a common

>problem but we need some suggestions... Thanks

>

>Reid

>

>Austin-8/1/05 21/7 BCF

>

December 27, 2005

if you have the gold bar with the three holes in the ends you can

increase the length by 1 " by moving one shoe to the next hole and

keeping the other one in the current hole. Just hold it up to his

shoulders and see if the heels fit around them. a bit of leeway is

ok, but much more than about 3/8 " on either side will make it too long.

If you think of how the foot sits in the shoe you can see why a bar

that is either too short or too long will pull those heels up. So

making sure it's approximately shoulder width heel to heel really is

important (not to mention most comfortable).

You did get the tips .pdf right? if not, let me know or check in the

files section. Your solution (assuming the foot is completely

corrected) is in there somewhere. Make sure the bar length is

appropriate, and make the shoe very, very tight. Shove that heel

deeply into the back of the shoe and dorsiflex the foot while pushing

on the bent knee. After you tighten them with the strap, pull the

back of the shoe and see if it slips. If it does, dorsiflex it

again, shove the heel back in there, press on the tongue and

re-tighten. Do that till the foot stops slipping. Then lace very

tightly. Also, try omitting the top holes for lacing and cut the

tongue keeper slit so that the tongue can sit very low and you can

tighten the ankle up. More info about all this is in the .pdf (with

pictures).

Hang in there, let us know how he does after you lengthen the bar k?

Kori

At 09:38 AM 12/27/2005, you wrote:

>I think maybe the bar is too short.... and hes getting to much

>leverage... I may go to the second hole now.

>

> reid

>

>frogabog wrote:

> lol, no... not to keep the foot in. If you have to resort to that

>there's something wrong lol... Duct tape does work though when

>they're older and keep untying the darn things!

>

>kori

>

>At 05:13 AM 12/27/2005, you wrote:

> >Do people actually use duct tape? How would that work??? I think we

> >may be to that point almost.

> >

> > reid

> >

> > Hundley wrote:

> > Aidan also started pulling his left foot out, every morning. You

> > might want to take him back to the Ortho to put a wedge in the back

> > of the shoe to help hold down the heel. Also try taking out the

> > touge all together. Be careful with double socks. If the foot

> > gets to hot or sweaty it can actually start to swell. Then his

> > shoes definitely won't be comfortable.

> >

> > The Ortho also told us that his foot (we just got new shoes) was

> > too wide for the shoe and was pushing the sides out easily (even

> > thought we thought we strapped those suckers down as tight as

> > possible) allowing him to pull that foot out. Sometimes he yells

> > at us when we tighten it down but I think he does more out of

> > frustration because he can't pull his foot out anymore. Good

> > luck. I'm sure our days of foot pulling out of shoes isn't over

> > but so far so good.

> >

> > There is always duck tape! :-)

> >

> >jones_reid wrote:

> > Austin did good for the first 3 months that he was in the DBB, now he

> >is starting to slip out his right shoe. We can't make it any tighter or

> >he starts screaming... What can we do? I know this is probably a common

> >problem but we need some suggestions... Thanks

> >

> >Reid

> >

> >Austin-8/1/05 21/7 BCF

> >

December 27, 2005

Kori: Thanks for your help!

Last time we went for a check up (two weeks ago), he was still fully

corrected... I hope something hasn't happened in the last two weeks, although I

am sure it is possible....