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Post by sharen on Feb 12, 2005 8:45:18 GMT -5
Just wondering if anyone has the problem of there children complaining about there feet hurting??? It seems like about twice a week Jordan will complain his feet hurt , it will usually happen when we are in bed for the night. He will say it sometimes in early evening also. I will give him tylenol and within 15 or 20 min he is fine. I buy him good shoes , and they seem to fit I was wondering if I should go to a shoe store and have him properly fitted?? Do we still have shoe stores??  Thanks Sharen  |
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Post by Jessie on Feb 12, 2005 10:08:18 GMT -5
Hi Sharen,
Too funny, yes there are still shoe stores! Could it be "growing" pains? My cousin's boys and my niece went through a stage where they would complain about their feet and legs at night with no rhyme or reason as to why, other than normal growing pains.
Jessie
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Post by donnac on Feb 14, 2005 9:44:57 GMT -5
Sharen --
Have you ever taken Jordan to an orthopaedist? My son has been going to one since he was tiny because of a small spine curvature. The dr. several years ago found that the bones in his feet have not grown or aligned properly. We haven't been in the last year or so because I'm afraid that they want to do surgery on him. The dr. wants to take a bone out of each hip and place it in his foot. This surgery is called Calcaneal Lengthening with Iliac Crest Bone Graft. The las time that I took Tyler to the dr. he wanted to wait a few years before doing the surgery unless sores developed or his feet started becoming painful.
I don't want to sound alarming because I don't know of any other children with Ds who have had this problem or surgery, and it may just be Tyler. I have asked around, and my first post on this site last year was about this type of surgery, wondering if anyone else knew anything about it (and nobody did). Tyler's PT did not catch the foot problem, and always wanted to fix his feet with inserts which just made his feet hurt more. I think the only way they dr. knew what was going on for sure was with x-rays. The Dr. did not think that good shoes would help much, and has always pushed for the surgery.
Again -- don't be too alarmed, but maybe his PT can check out his feet, or you can consider a visit with an orthopaedist.
Good Luck, Donna
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Post by wrblack on Feb 14, 2005 11:11:41 GMT -5
Dunno. Actually, don't think Charlie would tell us if his feet were hurting even if he could, he can't, nonverbal. Well, no words but plenty of vocalizations, think he'd let us know if something were hurting really bad, but the little guy is very easy going and seems to have a fairly high tolerance for pain--also high tolerance for stupid daddies, prodding doctors, nosey nellies, dumb jerks, and lots of other stuff.
Anyway, part of what we've been up to in past several months, visit to Trisomy 21 program got us a visit with CP clinic, even though Charlie doesn't have CP. Went to CP clinic because that was where he could get a workup by orthopedist and physiatrist at the same time. Think they did two sets of hip x-rays. Also checked his gait and his joints and watched him walk in his walker. Both agreed did not need braces nor anything even more drastic. Suggested shoe inserts, PattiBobs. Said if they helped, fine; if not, could pull them out and toss them.
I think maybe they help, a little.
Long story simply to suggest you might want to look into making the acquaintance of a pediatric orthopedist and/or a physiatrist (a PT MD).
Regards, Bob
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Post by robyn on Mar 23, 2005 7:21:54 GMT -5
Hello my son use to get painful feet every night, it was horrible, he would cry for hours and his siblings and I would take turns cuddling him and massaging them . We tried the orthopedic approach but it didn't help but rince being on nutritional supplements the pain is gone, thank you God.
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