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I've been treating a 9-year-old boy with acute, soft-tissue ankle equinous and heel pain. The Rheumatologist has done MRI and all other physiological examinations necessary to exclude a systematic/anatomical cause and invasive treatment is not on the horizon yet.
I provided him with an OTC night-splint as he is, obviously, going to need to use it for a while and my own attempts at making them myself from plaster-of-paris bandages and laces have not been exactly what you would call........durable!!!!!
However, although he is a Size 5 shoe, even the smallest night splint is still too big for him around the calf.
Does anyone know of a supplier of Childrens' Night Splints?
I've searched everywhere and can't find anything targeted specifically at Children's calf sizes.
Where abouts are you ?
We have a great supplier of night splints in Melbourne - that do post all over Australia - they are about $90 each from memory - very adjustable etc - have used them heaps and get really good results. Let me know where you are and I'll dig up the supplier :)
This is the one I use a bit - you would need to work out the sizing with them though but they do go quite small... found it easy for the mum's to pop on and then they are adjusted with an allen key at the side. http://www.sportstek.net/fasciitis_night.htm
Night-splints - profound soft tissue ankle equinus
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