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Bilateral Drop Foot solution for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)

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A bilateral drop foot patient is able to walk better immediately after putting on the Step-Smart braces for Drop Foot. This patient has Charcot Marie Tooth. Without any practice, the patient put on the braces, and we filmed immediately before and after he tried the Step-Smart brace. After a little practice he will get better and loose his old drop foot habits of hip hiking. Keep an eye out for the follow up video we plan to do after a couple weeks of getting used to the brace.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, or CMT, is a genetic disorder of the peripheral nervous system and characterized by progressive loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation across various parts of the body. Signs of this disease are lack of muscle, a high arch and claw toes.

In the early stages of the disease drop foot/foot drop can be seen and as it progresses there can be wasting away of the muscles which in turn can cause high arches and curling of the toes (claw toes). Peripheral neuropathic pain is also a symptom and can vary from case to case.

Dancing with Drop Foot?

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This patient demonstrates how he walks and dances with the step-smart brace for drop foot.

 

 

Another Happy Drop Foot Patient – Part 1

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In this video, a patient describes his experience with drop foot and how he solved the problem with the Step-Smart brace.

 

Shoes that work with Drop Foot – drop foot sandal

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This video is a followup of the previous video showing what shoes work with drop foot. Insightful makes some adjustments to various shoes and sandals to work with the Step-Smart for Drop Foot. The customer returns from a previous visit and is very happy she bought the step-smart!

What shoes work with Drop Foot testimonial

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Insightful products helps another person walk and allows her to downsize a shoe size and try out different shoes. All while improving her gait and reducing potential falls.

 

 

 

 

Drop Foot Rehab – Mom’s Step Smart testimonial of son’s recovery

http://www.insightful-products.com In this testimonial, a mom tells her story of her son’s partial recovery from the negative impacts of the condition called drop foot or Foot drop. Although not a total cure for everyone, her son’s use and treatment of the Step-smart brace for drop foot has enabled a speedy recovery and he is actually beginning to have movement in his toes 12 months later.  For those lucky few, it appears that sometimes rehab or rehabilitation can bring back some of the movement of the foot.

Blaze MI AFO testimonial and strap adjustment instructions

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In this Foot of the week, a patient explains his success with the Blaze AFO and Ian Engelman, CPO, describes how to determine and adjust the length of the AFO strap.