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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.
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.
NEW Drop Foot Night Splint
Insightful Products has been listening to its customers and based on their feedback has developed the Tri-Ped drop foot night splint.
Insightful’s new Tri-Ped drop foot night splint is designed to be used around the house or at night when you would rather not wear shoes. Most AFO’s are designed to be worn with a shoe, including the Step-Smart drop foot AFO, but this design is easily put on and taken off by simply slipping your foot in and your foot out. It allows you to walk around the house barefooted. Because it is much more functional, it replaces the old Step-Smart slipper which has been discontinued. The night splint keeps the foot in a dorsiflexed position to give the user clearance at swing phase while still being flexible enough to allow plantarflexion. This brace is designed to be worn barefooted or with a sock.
Step-Smart Sizing for foot drop
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In this Foot of the Week you will learn how to select the proper size of your Step Smart Brace and then you will be able to tell if you need a small or large brace. The Step-Smart brace for drop foot is sized by first knowing your shoe size. If you wear a USA men’s size 10 or larger, the go with a large. If smaller, then go with a small Step-Smart drop foot brace. If your heal is wider than 2.5 inches than go with a large.
Unilateral Orthotic for Drop Foot treatment
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If you have drop foot and wear an AFO on one foot, you may need to wear a foot orthotic on the other foot to help balance your gait. Most AFO’s, including the Step-Smart for drop foot treatment, add extra thickness under the dropped foot resulting in an imbalance with no extra material under the other foot. In order to level or balance both feet, an orthotic, such as OrthoticMe, can help raise the other foot to be in balance with the dropped foot.
Drop Foot Testimonial
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This video was submitted to Insightful Products by one of our loyal customers who uses the Step-Smart drop foot brace. The gentleman was kind enough to not only submit it but also did the editing and audio. He demonstrates his gait before and after using the dropfoot brace and describes his gait with and without the brace.
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