In this week’s episode, we demonstrate how the Step-Smart brace (treatment) for drop foot can be adjusted to track better on the leg. The existing orthotic should be removed from the shoe before inserting the brace. The Step-Smart AFO has a good arch support and foot orthotic built into the braces footplate. This needs to be aligned properly so that the calf section tracks on the leg properly.
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In this episode, we compare the Step-Smart AFO with the Dynamic Walk AFO, Dorsi-strap, and Swedish style posterior leaf spring drop foot orthosis / brace. These ankle foot orthoses are compared for shoe fitting, comfort, and general gait proficiency.
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This video shows how the Step-Smart fits in most shoes and types of shoes. There is no need to up size or buy medical shoes with our drop foot orthosis.
The Step-Smart drop foot brace is streamlined and low profile. It can even be worn with most dress shoes and sneakers and some sandals, hiking boots, and beach shoes. No need to worry about the brace getting wet either. It should work fine at the beach with the proper beach shoe! Dont be restricted to an ugly medical shoe, wear the shoe that you like. Check out the video and see for yourself how it truly does work with most shoes.
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In this weeks vblog, we demonstrate the AFO strategy used by Insightful to attach the AFO or ankle brace to the shoe using velcro. The foot and ankle brace is attached to the shoe using hook and loop pile. By attaching the ankle brace to the shoe, the unit becomes one. All of Insightful’s bracing is designed to work with a shoe and not without a shoe. Fastening the brace to the shoe makes it easier to don the brace or to put the brace on but also keeps the brace placed back in the heel of the shoe. This keeps the brace from creeping forward in the shoe and using up space in the shoe.
In this week’s video blog, we demonstrate a drop foot AFO solution utilizing a custom footplate.
This video describes the history of the Step-Smart Brace and its biomechanical advantages.
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.
See a Drop Foot Patient walk with, and without, the Step-smart Brace for Foot Drop.
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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
The Step-Smart brace for Drop Foot comes in custom and OTS versions of the AFO.
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