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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was born in 1974, my parents also had me on the night braces, they were hard white walking shoes with a copper or metal bar you could tighten with a screw on the bottom as opposed to breaking the legs. My mom put me in ballet when I was 3 and I loved it and danced for 15+ yrs. I know that ballet and yoga helped me however the hip arthritis/sciatica r the worst. The most comfortable position is toes in even when I'm sleeping. Does anyone else have hip pain that used the night braces???[/quote] Yes! I know exactly what you are talking about. born in 73, had the braces, the same ones you describe. my only difference is that i was never able to touch my toes my entire life. now, if you do the math, i am 39 and get into extreme pain in my hips and down my legs. it sucks! i have considered it to be related to the braces, because of the method of correction it applied, but only recently did i put it together. I have no idea what type of doctor to go see, but there must be some kind of physical therapy that could be applied. I stretch daily now, because if i dont, i do not get any sleep. I post this here for two reasons: # I am glad to have found this thread. no one ever knows what i am talking about when i mention the braces, woke up in PAIN every night, my Mom running into my room to rub my legs to get me back to sleep. # Being a parent as well, i just wanted the other readers considering this approach to really consider the decision. in no way suggesting either route, just saying that all these years down the road, and the pain is pretty bad. [/quote]
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