Re: Toe blister

[Guest guest]

could it possibly be from his socks? The seam in the toe

area? hummmm... as far as slipping on the non CF, have you modified

the shoes in any way yet? You may want to try elongating the tongue

keeper slit up to the stitches and pulling it way down over his toes

so the ankle can be tightened up a bit more. Also, try only lacing

to the second from the top holes and tie there, that can help too if

his ankle is a bit fatty still. If you haven't already, try putting

the strap into the lower set of slots, or alternately if they're

already there, try the upper ones. Most kids do best in the lower

slots though. You can also try lacing from the top down, making the

ankle super tight and allowing a bit less in the toe area (although

leaving the toes looser may make them move too much which could mean

an actual blister - gotta watch that one I think). Also, try a slick

bandaid on the red spots or maybe pad the area of the shoe that makes

the mark with mole skin.

You should be able to get the plastizode inserts from your orthotist

without any hitches. I think as well, should you run into problems

that Iowa can send you some. I think I've heard from parents who

have ordered them that way. I think...

What shoes is he in? Markells with the deeper heel pocket or the

ones with the holes? If it's the ones with the heel pocket and

factory padded tongue he really shouldn't need the plastizode but it

may help. I don't mean to second guess you, but are you sure you

can't get them any tighter? The straps can stretch some, and I

actually found that as Darbi grew, I often would end up choking up on

the straps a hole rather than what would seem logical for a growing

foot, to go to a looser hole. Try pushing him deeply into the heel

and make the strap tighter than you normally can. If he's dealing

with a little stretching of the strap, it probably is stretching and

then tightening back up a bit when there's not a warm foot in the

shoe. Theory really... trying to figure out how to help you solve

this and getting hairbrained ideas lol. Also, sometimes you can kind

of reposition the strap a little bit on the top of the foot (pulling

tongue way down over toes can do this) and this changes how tight

they can be buckled. I would have to say, that if you tighten the

strap (no laces) as far as you possibly can and pull on the heel it

should not slip. If it's slipping the strap isn't tight enough and

you'll want to find out how you can manipulate the foot or modify the

shoe to be able to get it tighter.

As for untying... employ duct tape :~} No really, as a last resort

try the tape hehe... pulling the top of the sock down over the knot

can help (out of sight, out of mind theory) or double knots. Some

kids can get doubles undone too though lol. My daughter didn't start

untying them till she was about 2yo but some kids are brilliant and

do it so much younger than her!

HTH

Kori

At 12:32 PM 3/9/2006, you wrote:

>Okay, we have had mostly smooth sailing since you all helped me get

>Isaac's FAB problems worked out(needing smaller size, changing bar

>position, etc).

>

>He is starting his week 6 right now, and has started slipping out of

>his non club foot shoe. It has been fine until now, and is the right

>size still per the Markell sizing chart. I have tightened as tight as

>I can. Any ideas? Can I call a local orthotist company and order/buy

>platizote for a heel counter or do I have to get a RX and go back to

>the doc?

>

>Also, the one night I did not put the shoes on(not really sure if that

>was the problem but that was when it first showed up), his clubfoot

>got 2 dark red spots. One right above the pinky toe and one b/w his

>last 2 toes. They are getting darker by the day. His clubfoot is not

>slipping out except the rare occassion that he unties the shoes and

>removes the laces halfway(grr)- hasn't happened lately. His foot has

>very obviously grown and lengthened, so it must be the front top of

>the shoe bothering him now that his foot is longer, vs a month ago

>when his foot was still too short to come up that far.

>The shoe tongue already has the padding on it, and I ran my fingers in

>to make sure his toes were positioned correctly and that the leather

>wasn't pinching there. The marks look like marks if u wear jeans too

>tight...but they don't go away.

>

>I will try to take a pic tonight,as we are leaving the house right

>now, but any ideas??

>

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[Guest guest]

Oh, I posted on the go, and didn't proof, but that one sentence was

suppose to say the only night that my hubby put the shoes on and not

me.

Now off to read responses.

And I just took his FAB off, and the spots are fading now, but still

there. I am really not understanding.

>

> Okay, we have had mostly smooth sailing since you all helped me

get

> Isaac's FAB problems worked out(needing smaller size, changing bar

> position, etc).

>

> He is starting his week 6 right now, and has started slipping out

of

> his non club foot shoe. It has been fine until now, and is the

right

> size still per the Markell sizing chart. I have tightened as

tight as

> I can. Any ideas? Can I call a local orthotist company and

order/buy

> platizote for a heel counter or do I have to get a RX and go back

to

> the doc?

>

> Also, the one night I did not put the shoes on(not really sure if

that

> was the problem but that was when it first showed up), his

clubfoot

> got 2 dark red spots. One right above the pinky toe and one b/w

his

> last 2 toes. They are getting darker by the day. His clubfoot is

not

> slipping out except the rare occassion that he unties the shoes

and

> removes the laces halfway(grr)- hasn't happened lately. His foot

has

> very obviously grown and lengthened, so it must be the front top

of

> the shoe bothering him now that his foot is longer, vs a month ago

> when his foot was still too short to come up that far.

> The shoe tongue already has the padding on it, and I ran my

fingers in

> to make sure his toes were positioned correctly and that the

leather

> wasn't pinching there. The marks look like marks if u wear jeans

too

> tight...but they don't go away.

>

> I will try to take a pic tonight,as we are leaving the house right

> now, but any ideas??

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

When my daughter got spots like that is was because her foot ws getting too

compressed in the shoe width wise. Her red marks were on the mid side of her

foot, and it was actually the shoe width that was too small. So we got bigger

shoes. I dont know if this helps or not. I know that Mole FOAM or DuoDerm has

works wonders for Lilee.

Christee

Mother of...

*Josh, Central Auditory Processing Disorder/Sensory sensitivity/learning &

Speech disorders (9yrs old)

**Aspen, Bilateral minor Metatarsus Adductus (5 1/2 yrs old)

***Dylan, (4 yrs old)

&

****Lilee ~ Unilateral A-Typical (complex) Club Foot w/Cavus/Plantaris (R

foot) & Mild/Moderate Metatarsus Adductus (L foot).

*Ponseti/ Brace 18/24.

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[Guest guest]

,

Just curious... Is the spot on his cf toes right under the edge of the tongue?

If so, this is the same issue we had with Tenny. Took us forever to figure it

out. Kori pretty much has everything covered. We cut the tongues and laced the

shoes and all like she suggested. It all helped, but the tongues were so short

and the edge so abrupt that it seemed to cut into Tenny's toes. The slick

bandaids worked.... but we figured that out only after the cuts were already

there. Finally our orthotist gave us some old tongues he dug off of the biggest

shoes he could find. They completely covered Tenny's toes and the problem went

away.

I was very concerned that a new set of shoes would bring the same problem. It

started too, and I couldn't get a bigger set of tongues. Last resort I ripped

the padding off the tongues and stuck some thing moleskin in its place (to cover

the stickiness of the adhesive residue). The thinner tongue seems to work

better for Tenny. The edge is not so abrupt. Of course, we cut all the slits

bigger and pull them down as far as they will go. ( what's up with these micro

tongues... one of our is so short the laces will only stay on top of the tongue

if the slit is cut all the way to the stiching and pulled down as far as it will

go... and then just barely make it)

Anyway, that's what we did. I would use the slick bandaid, just be careful of

wrinkles and maybe a bit of Lanisoh. Couldn't hurt anyway. Works wonderfully

on blisters.

Just a thought,

Toe blister

Okay, we have had mostly smooth sailing since you all helped me get

Isaac's FAB problems worked out(needing smaller size, changing bar

position, etc).

He is starting his week 6 right now, and has started slipping out of

his non club foot shoe. It has been fine until now, and is the right

size still per the Markell sizing chart. I have tightened as tight as

I can. Any ideas? Can I call a local orthotist company and order/buy

platizote for a heel counter or do I have to get a RX and go back to

the doc?

Also, the one night I did not put the shoes on(not really sure if that

was the problem but that was when it first showed up), his clubfoot

got 2 dark red spots. One right above the pinky toe and one b/w his

last 2 toes. They are getting darker by the day. His clubfoot is not

slipping out except the rare occassion that he unties the shoes and

removes the laces halfway(grr)- hasn't happened lately. His foot has

very obviously grown and lengthened, so it must be the front top of

the shoe bothering him now that his foot is longer, vs a month ago

when his foot was still too short to come up that far.

The shoe tongue already has the padding on it, and I ran my fingers in

to make sure his toes were positioned correctly and that the leather

wasn't pinching there. The marks look like marks if u wear jeans too

tight...but they don't go away.

I will try to take a pic tonight,as we are leaving the house right

now, but any ideas??