Friday, July 2, 2010

The Frame:

This thing is big and bulky at first, but overtime you and your child will get accustomed to it. Now with my son his frame started about 3-4 inches from the bottom of his knee and went down through his foot. His frame had a walking foot on it but he has never really walked with the frame on.

Now each frame is different, is customized to each leg, and foots needs. The first frame Weston had was approximately 8” across 17 pin sites and 2 screw sites with a 10“ long walking foot.. The second frame was approximately 7” across with a 9” long walking foot had 14 pin sites and 2 screw sites. Both had/ six struts, each color coded and numbered, and three of what I like to call halo’s (rings) with one foot plate (FYI some people refer to these frames as halo’s.) If you need more pictures and info on the frame, you can try finding information on the internet but I did not find anything that was very useful, especially pertaining to Weston’s situation.

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