Beth, I just think that the rivets just wear out after
so much use. I get my new brace today.
--- "Elizabeth H. Thiers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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