SpryStep®: understanding the different models of AFO brace
SpryStep® Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are designed to help people with foot drop, a condition where lifting the front of the foot becomes difficult. They support the foot during walking, reduce the risk of tripping, and help make walking safer and less tiring.
Walking plays a role in maintaining not just our leg muscles but our overall physical health. When we lose the ability to walk, whether due to illness, injury, or other factors, our leg muscles suffer significant changes that can impact our quality of life1.
A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack or Cerebral Vascular Attack (CVA), is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that can lead to foot drop.
SpryStep® Plus is suitable for foot drop syndrome, weak dorsiflexors, mild knee flexion instability. It could be conditions like stroke, multiple sclerosis, and biomechanical deficits of neurological, traumatic or muscular origin. Its anterior composite structure supports and guides the knee towards extension, and its composite material blend provides a good balance between flexibility and rigidity. The energy return of the composite parts helps in providing smoother and more efficient movement, reducing fatigue during physical activities. SpryStep® Plus assists with excessive dorsiflexion, knee instability, knee flexion, and quadricep weakness. This is possible thanks to the anterior carbon structure that supports and guides the knee towards extension, helps weakened plantar flexors for propulsion and maintains the knee during stance phase. A proper material selection provides rigidity to the structure but also flexibility to the sole. This offers a great stability while allowing the gait cycle. Lightweight composite structure also participate to gait optimization.
"Yes, SpryStep® Plus is designed to fit comfortably into most shoes, allowing you to maintain your usual footwear. We recommend wearing shoes which combine the following features: - Reasonably strong heel cup stiffeners within the shoe: the back height of the shoe upper should be high enough to fully encapsulate the foot and the orthosis
Yes, it can be used with your existing insoles for added comfort. Please take care to put your existing insole above the orthosis.
Yes, the forefoot section of the orthosis can be trimmed to ensure a perfect fit for your foot size and shape. Strap can also be trimmed to ensure a quick closing by the patient. Be careful, it is not possible to heat-molded the SpryStep® Plus.
It is possible to order separately a spare-part kit with Pads & Strap.
