Foot of the Week – Episode 2 – Custom AFO Solutions

In this week’s video blog, we demonstrate a drop foot AFO solution utilizing a custom footplate.

Post Tib solution – Blaze Brace biomechanics

Solution for Post Tib or Posterior Tibial Tendon dysfunction (PTTD) and related biomechanics – custom brace (AFO) solution for Post Tib tendonitis that may help avoid the need for surgery.

Foot of the Week – Episode 1 – Custom AFO solutions

Weekly video blog featuring Insightful Product’s AFO strategies for Foot and Ankle Problems and ankle bracing.

Step-Smart Drop Foot Brace biomechanics and history

This video describes the history of the Step-Smart Brace and its biomechanical advantages.

Step-Smart Settings Instructions – Adjustable Drop Foot AFO

The Step-smart can be tailored to each patient’s specific dorsi-assist and shock absorption requirements by choosing one of the 5 available settings. This video describes how drop foot patients can easily adjust this drop foot AFO to their specific needs.

Footfunnel Shoe Horn Comparison

The Footfunnel shoe horn is an alternative to the long handled shoe horn and makes shoe donning easier for those that have trouble bending, twisting and reaching.

Dressing aids: Shoe Horn Comparison – Footfunnel versus the shoe horn and the long handled shoe horn. Make dressing and shoe donning easy with this shoe aid! Like the “sock aid” but for shoes. This shoehorn is incredibly easy to use. It is easier to use than the “long handle shoe horn”.

For more information, call us at 207-885-0414 or see our website at http://www.insightful-products.com

New gauntlet brace for PTTD just released!

When immobilization and circumferential support are needed an articulated design such as the Blaze MI is not indicated. Posterior tibialis tendonitis is often accompanied by a plantarflexion contracture that is not correctable in the dorsiflexion range. For these and cases of Rheumatoid Arthritis the leather wrap and leveraged control from a Schooner is the design of choice.

New Schooner Gauntlet AFO for PTTD

This superior design recruits all the insightful tactics used to control tibial rotation through the following features:

· Padded “Arch” Strap
· Extended medial wall
· Fifth ray cutout
· Malleolar window

The leverage gained through the careful placement of the “I” strap is unsurpassed. Your patients will appreciate the control and comfort that this strap affords.

Step-Smart Drop Foot AFO before and after video

See a Drop Foot Patient walk with, and without, the Step-smart Brace for Foot Drop.

Step-Smart Facebook Testimonial

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Insightful-Products/151620270796?sk=app_6261817190

My husband has foot drop due to nerve damage in his leg. He was very active and in his early 40s and struggled to find a suitable brace. Standard AFOs were too uncomfortable and didn’t allow the foot flex he needed for flying. I searched the web and ordered several different products, none of which worked. I came across the Step-Smart product about 4 years ago. Surprisingly, the company website listed a physiotherapist in our part of Canada who fit the brace. My husband ordered a custom fit device through this physiotherapist – it was expensive but we were desperate. He started wearing the Step-Smart on day 1 and has worn it every day since. It has changed our lives. We have been able to take vacations that required long days of walking, an impossible consideration before the Step-Smart. There is a “before” and “after” video on the web site that accurately demonstrates how improved walking is with this device (http://www.insightful-products.com/video.html). Grateful we found the Step-Smart and pleased with the customer service we’ve received from Insightful Products.

Dale Rideout-Moores