I have a family that has a member that fixes shoes and they fix the AFO for
them. He uses the night time splinting to stretch the achilles tendon. The
appliance has an adjustable nylon strap. If you have someone make the foot
plates for you, Cascade makes some wonderful orthosis. They are light and
nicely made, and a lot cheaper. Kyle, I hope you able to report the
orthotist to their state association and also for fraud.
Beth the OT
-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Cleveland, Kyle E.
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New AFO
Oh, yeah, Stanley Cup and all that. I follow you now. I thought the Bruins
were using some sort of special appliance for injured players. Yes, the
rivets (at least on my AFO) have not been dependable. Unless you have
access to a peen hammer and small anvil, they are darn near impossible to
tighten, too.
-Kyle
-----Original Message-----
From: Chester Worwa [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:29 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New AFO
Kyle,
First of all I don't want to insult you, but the
Bruins are a hockey team, and yes they were defeated
in the first round of the play-offs :( I still like
them though. I'm supposed to get what's called an
Oklahoma joint instead of a rivet thing. They showed
it to me and it looks very strong to me.
--- "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Chester, I just repaired my own AFO yesterday. What
> type of bender, and
> what's the "Boston Bruins thing"? I'm extremely
> interested as my AFO is,
> and always has been, junk.
>
> -Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chester Worwa [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 7:40 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: New AFO
>
>
> Sorry I haven't written in a while gang, but I've
> been
> busy. I'm going to be getting a new AFO with the
> Boston Bruins thing on it and a different style of
> ankle bender on it, so it won't break so much.
>
>
> Chester Worwa
>
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