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Post by milkid on Feb 13, 2023 16:54:55 GMT
I was put in bilateral perthes braces (both legs at same time. In most cases foot suspension is around 3 to 4 inches but my feet were suspended in the brace 7 inches and if you take the width of the walking patterns my feet were suspended 8 inches. The reason for this I had traction straps attached to a leather harness around my ankles and connected to the walking patterns. The straps were pulled very tight pulling on my legs which made the padded rings in my groins really tight fitting/ Because of this I had to wear boots as was recommended for all perthes calliper wearers to stop a shoe being pulled off by the strap that attached to the boot heel at the back and to the pattern to prevent toe pointing. Im my case to prevent the traction straps pulling off a shoe, I was put in high leg boots as far as to the tops of my calfs and were very tightly laced. The boots were to give support to my ankles and calfs because of the strong pull of the traction straps. Normally when one calliper is used and a raise on the other foot usually the calliper is removed at night. Because I was in strong traction I had to wear them day and night. They were removed for one hour so I could have a bath then straight back on. Once in bed a long steel bar was placed between the callipers and screwed to the side bars spreading my legs very wide apart as well as the traction. The bar was kept on day and night during weekends and school holidays, Learning to balance and walk in these callipers took a long time and I mostly used crutches outdoors and balanced and waked on them without crutches indoors. When the spreader bar was attached at weekends and school holidays I had to use a wheelchair as my legs were spread so wide walking was not possible. There were no knee joints on the callipers so if the space was not big enough to sit with my legs straight out like on a bus I had to stand. It was ok at school as my legs had room under my desk. I spent three years in these calipers, Attachments:milkid.pdf (33.44 KB)
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brucecarol92
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Post by brucecarol92 on Mar 22, 2023 20:32:04 GMT
Very nice braces. I enjoyed your description of making them.
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brucecarol92
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Post by brucecarol92 on Mar 22, 2023 20:33:49 GMT
I was put in bilateral perthes braces (both legs at same time. In most cases foot suspension is around 3 to 4 inches but my feet were suspended in the brace 7 inches and if you take the width of the walking patterns my feet were suspended 8 inches. The reason for this I had traction straps attached to a leather harness around my ankles and connected to the walking patterns. The straps were pulled very tight pulling on my legs which made the padded rings in my groins really tight fitting/ Because of this I had to wear boots as was recommended for all perthes calliper wearers to stop a shoe being pulled off by the strap that attached to the boot heel at the back and to the pattern to prevent toe pointing. Im my case to prevent the traction straps pulling off a shoe, I was put in high leg boots as far as to the tops of my calfs and were very tightly laced. The boots were to give support to my ankles and calfs because of the strong pull of the traction straps. Normally when one calliper is used and a raise on the other foot usually the calliper is removed at night. Because I was in strong traction I had to wear them day and night. They were removed for one hour so I could have a bath then straight back on. Once in bed a long steel bar was placed between the callipers and screwed to the side bars spreading my legs very wide apart as well as the traction. The bar was kept on day and night during weekends and school holidays, Learning to balance and walk in these callipers took a long time and I mostly used crutches outdoors and balanced and waked on them without crutches indoors. When the spreader bar was attached at weekends and school holidays I had to use a wheelchair as my legs were spread so wide walking was not possible. There were no knee joints on the callipers so if the space was not big enough to sit with my legs straight out like on a bus I had to stand. It was ok at school as my legs had room under my desk. I spent three years in these calipers, Why was it necessary to make the braces so high, so much off the ground ?
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