angle question

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I posted last week about my doubts that our doctor is really

following the Ponseti method even though he claims to. One of my

reasons for concern is that 's feet aren't abducted to 70

degrees (I hope I'm using the right terminology...I feel pretty dumb

about all this around this group!). After posting on CFPics and

getting some feedback, my husband and I took 's bar apart

this weekend to put his feet shoulder-width apart and we rotated the

angle to about 60. We were afraid to go to 70 because when we

measured it, it was only around 35. We decided to move it to 60 and

see how he reacts, then we will change it to 70.

I spoke with the casting tech at our ortho's office today to discuss

the changes we made and she said they base the angle on the child's

severity and that they have had great success doing it this way. I

am not sure this is acceptable and would like opinions...do you know

of success stories with using a lower angle?

I also asked last week about doctors in Michigan - I think we will

probably see Dr. in Grand Rapids for his opinion, but we are

still thinking it might be better to go to Iowa City.

Thanks,

Kaci (mom to , 12/17/05, bcf, DBB 23/7)