Physio review

Laura had her annual physio review on Monday. In an ideal world we would have more regular reviews than once a year, but that's all we are allocated, so it's always important to make it to the review. This year it was on a working day for me but luckily the appointment fitted into my lunch hour and Laura's school is only about 7 minutes drive from my school, so I was able to attend.

Laura has been in her new orthotic boots for a couple of weeks now. They are very pretty patent boots but are not really supportive enough for Laura. When we went for the orthotics review the technician said that they had stopped providing piedro boots as "they were falling apart". Mmmm, I did say that I had never had this happen and that I felt they were much more sturdy and supportive than the Duna boots they provide now. He said, "No, the Duna boots are just as supportive". But I felt he was wrong and suspected it had more to do with cost than anything as I know the piedros are about £100 a pair.

Anyway we saw the physio and she also felt the Duna boots were offering no support for Laura and allowed her to toe walk all the time. She also said they would not last very long as already were badly creased across the front. I relayed what the technician in orthotics had said, and she too felt it was probably down to finances.

So she is going to write to them and tell them that Laura needs piedros. She advised me to make an appointment in the next week or as soon as I got a copy of her letter, as she said if there is still a long waiting list, the Duna's may not last that long!

So far from saving money they have wasted money on these boots and also have made Laura's walking worse by allowing her to toe walk 24/7. Grrrrr!

On the positive side, the physiotherapist saw no evidence of any scoliosis and felt that Laura's achilles tendons were slightly tight but OK. Hopefully getting her back in piedros will help prevent this getting worse as Laura has been in Duna's for almost a year now as her last pair were Duna boots too.