Choosing the right knee pad

First and foremost, before ordering the kneepad, make sure you check with your doctor first, his/her word should be considered the deciding one in this regard too! All the more so if the clubfoot is accompanied by some other problem (hyper- or hypotonia, other hips related issues, etc). This product is not a medical device.

Make sure you measure the distance between the two knees of your baby. In case of small ones the legs are normally pulled up (their knees are bent, they don’t even straighten them fully), thus you should do the measurement while in this position. For slightly bigger children when they start sitting with straightened legs, you should measure like that, while also with he knees bent.

It’s important that the kneepad should not push the knees outward in either of the positions, because long term this could cause other (hips) related problems. Instead the pad should be a little bit smaller, since the goal is to stop the knees falling on each other, rather than forcing them outward.

Regarding the shape of the kneepad, we have 2 shapes in our webshop: cone and square. This choice is up to individual preference.

Finally let me share a small personal advice: The sooner you start using the kneepad, the earlier your baby will get used to it. When Vili was small there was no such accessory available yet. By the time we came up with the idea and design to keep the knees from falling in he was too old to easily adapt to it and didn’t like it…