Sweating Feet in splints

triona
triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
edited June 2019 in Cerebral Palsy Network
Hi, My daughter Olivia has Cerebral Palsy, she is age 4. She wears a AFO on her left leg at night time and has them on both legs during the day. In the morning, after wearing her splint all night, her sock is soaked and drenched with sweat. I do use the cotton socks and they have helped, but only marginally. As a result, her feet are dry and cracking, her toenails are hardened and getting deformed. We do put a moisturiser on her feet every night. I have mentioned it to her neurologist and brought her to my GP but they have not advised anything. Are there any particular brand of socks anyone would recommend? Ones to wear with splints? They have to be long and it would be a bonus for her if they were pretty! I feel that long-term the sweating will really damage her nailbed and she will be left with permanently deformed toes. And what girl wants that! Any help is appreciated. 

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  • martins
    martins Online Community Member Posts: 30 Connected
    Hi
     My daughter also has CP and has to wear afos she had the same problem. So what we done was after she has a bath in the early evening moisturise her feet but dont put any socks on or afos let the air to her feet then just before bed wipe her feet with a wet wipe and the spray a small amount of foot deodorant let that dry and then put cotton socks and the night splints it doesn't cure but does help
  • Doris_Scope
    Doris_Scope Scope Family Services Posts: 183 Family Services
    edited August 2024

    Hi

    @triona

    Have you tried having a look at the following website?  It actually says that cotton is not the best for stopping feet sweating?  
    It has suggestions for other materials.

    Hope this helps,
    https://www.socksaddict.com/blogs/news/best-socks-sweaty-feet

  • Doris_Scope
    Doris_Scope Scope Family Services Posts: 183 Family Services
    edited August 2024

    @triona

    This is another site you could try.

    https://www.sensorysmart.co.uk/skinnies-seamless-socks-286-c.asp

  • triona
    triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    Thank you very much martins for that, ill defo try the foot deodorant 
  • triona
    triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    edited August 2024

    Thank you very much Doris, that is a great help. I appreciate it

  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    Hi @triona and a warm welcome to the community! I too have CP and wear two AFO splints (only during the day at the moment), if I think of anything else I will let you know! I also am tagging @Richard_Scope who is the cerebral palsy specialist :)
  • triona
    triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    Thank you Chloe. People replying to me and helping is making me cry
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    No problem at all @triona! Anything we can do to help :)
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,752 Cerebral Palsy Network
    Hi @triona
    When I was younger I wore GRO splints and I experienced this too. I wore sports socks for runners as the material helps the skin breathe as much as possible. I also used athletes foot powder and spray to prevent any kind of infection and damage to the toenails. As your daughter is wearing splints the humidity will increase toenail growth, so it's important to stay on top of that to try to prevent ingrowing toenails which, can be painful.
  • triona
    triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    Thank you Richard, so try the athletes foot powder and spray?
  • triona
    triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    @Richard

    Any type of socks you would recommend?
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,752 Cerebral Palsy Network
    edited June 2019
    Yes, athletes foot powder and spray. @triona the spray is really cold so your daughter may not be a fan. It does get into all the areas though. Boots own brand is as good as any of the really expensive ones.

  • triona
    triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    Thank you very much Richard 
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,752 Cerebral Palsy Network
    Kalenji is good. Not sure they with have leg length you need. They are available in some vibrant colours which your daughter may like.
  • Stayce
    Stayce Online Community Member, CP Network Posts: 839 Empowering
    SmartKnit are also good too
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    Foot deodorant. When my son was a baby and we were treating his clubbed feet I purchased foot deodorant.
    I also washed his feet each night with baby soap when we were done. Boots stock a spray you can try. Now that my son has to use braces I use baby wipes at the end of the day. I also clean his shoes once a week. 
  • niceboots
    niceboots Scope Member Posts: 198 Empowering
    Hi, I have cp and have worn various types of splints both day and night on and off most of my life, a few years ago I found smartknit afo socks. They are fab! You can get them from a company called sensory smart store based in Hampshire. They also have an eBay store, just search afo socks and they’ll come up. They have quite a few types and colours, particularly in kids sizes! As for sweating in night splints, when I wear mine, I often keep that foot out of the duvet, particularly on warm nights. I also leave it a while between my bath and putting my splints on to let my feet cool and keep bare feet when not wearing splints to let them air. I also clean my splints regularly with baby wipes or medical wipes.
  • triona
    triona Online Community Member Posts: 8 Listener
    Stayce, April and niceboots thank you all very much for that information 

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