Re: boots

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Hello,

Welcome to the group here. It sounds like you're having a little trouble with

the treatment process. I'm wondering why your doctor only prescribed the brace

to be worn at night. Directly out of casts a baby should wear it full time to

guard against any potenital relapse. Wearing it part time may explain why your

child had to be casted a 2nd time around.

It is somewhat normal for a baby to be uncomfortable in the brace at the

beginning of wear. Generally speaking that only lasts a few days or a week.

Continued discomfort is usually a sign that something else is wrong.

for example the brace is set up incorrectly; the brace is the wrong size; the

feet were not ready for bracing before they were put in the brace; the feet are

relapsing due to improper brace wear; and user-error applying the brace to the

child.

Any or all of those things could be a factor here.

With out proper use of the brace the child's feet will relapse, so it's

important that we help you figure out how to make the baby happy.

For starters, lets explore the brace. The baby's heels should be

shoulder-width apart. If a bar is too short, it is very uncomfortable / painful

to the baby.

If the shoes are too big, or too small, they will not fit properly, again

causing discomfort / pain / blisters / lack of success.

The toes of the clubfeet should be adjusted to point out at 70 degrees. If the

child has bilateral cf, both feet will be at 70 degrees. If he has unilateral

cf, the clubbed foot will be at 70 and the non-clubbed foot somewhere around the

30 degree mark.

Let's start there - check out your brace and tell us what is going on with that

and we'll try from there to get your baby using it properly so you won't have to

go through casting again.

Good luck and keep in touch here!

ee

Mother of 3 Clubfooted Sons:

- Bilateral Club Feet April 1998

Everett - Bilateral Club Feet September 2003

Garrison - Bilateral Club Feet March 2006

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boots

Hi my boys 3months and was in casts for first 6 six weeks for club

foot in his right foot, we got the boots for a month after the casts

then where put back in a cast for 3 weeks and now we are back to the

boots. i onlyput themon him at night time to sleep in as they are

uncomfortable for him. just wondering about massage and stuff i

haven't had much information from my specialist, most things i have

just found out by looking on the net.

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hi my baby's ortho said that massage can really help a lot. i wonder in

olden times how did they cure clubfoot? hows you baby'f feet now? did

he do tenotomy? is this necessary for all? my daughter same case like

your son.. its unilateral left clubfoot. no surgery or tenotomy was

done on her.be worn 24 hours a day for one month? can this shoe really

help? what can this shoe do? will it make her feet straighter/????

- In nosurgery4clubfoot , " lissymatson "

wrote:

>

> Hi my boys 3months and was in casts for first 6 six weeks for club

> foot in his right foot, we got the boots for a month after the casts

> then where put back in a cast for 3 weeks and now we are back to the

> boots. i onlyput themon him at night time to sleep in as they are

> uncomfortable for him. just wondering about massage and stuff i

> haven't had much information from my specialist, most things i have

> just found out by looking on the net.

>