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What is an AFO Brace?
Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are orthoses or braces, usually plastic, encompassing the ankle joint and all or part of the foot. AFOs are externally applied, and are intended to control position and motion of the ankle, compensate for weakness, or correct deformities.[1] They control the ankle directly, and can be designed to control the knee joint indirectly as well.

AFOs are commonly used in the treatment of disorders that affect muscle function such as stroke, spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, polio, multiple sclerosis and peripheral neuropathy. AFOs can be used to provide support to weak or wasted limbs or to position a limb with tight, contracted muscles into a more normal position. They are also used to immobilize the ankle and lower leg in the presence of arthritis or fracture, and to correct foot drop. An AFO may also be referred to as a foot-drop brace.

The term AFO now also refers to what are generically called "multi podus boots". This term belongs to RCAI, the inventor of the now expired patent. These boots are complete orthotics with stronger plastic shells. KYDEX is the preferred thermoplastic. Soft, padded "softgoods" cover the plastic; Cure-BAN anti-microbial impregnated softgoods protect and promote skin care; again, hook and loop closures are used to attach the device around the calf and possibly the foot. Heel float, ankle-foot contracture and various neurological conditions respond well to this type product. Fast-LOK ambulation pads are an option as well as anti-rotation bars and toe posts to protect the toes.

Historically, custom made orthopedic boots provided rigid bracing within the lining of boots creating a rigid AFO or supra malleolus bracing component between the linings. Examples of these boots are on display at different shoe museums worldwide. Currently, carbon fibers and Kevlar have replaced leather, glues and fibre board for the bracing components. The soles are constructed with custom roll and wedges to assist with ambulation and stability throughout the gait cycle. These boots are currently referred to as custom made orthopedic brace boots or ambulatory footwear.


What are Orthotics/Insoles?
A shoe insert is a removable insole which accomplishes any of a number of purposes, including daily wear comfort, foot and joint pain relief from arthritis, overuse, injuries, and other causes, orthopedic correction, smell reduction, athletic performance, or even increasing the wearer's height or correcting for discrepancies in leg length. Corrective shoe inserts are often referred to as orthotics.

Height-increasing shoe inserts are also known as shoe lifts or height increase insert/insoles. Shoe lifts are also known as elevator insole/inserts. Shoe lifts originated from "elevator shoes". Early makers of elevator shoes found it impossible to produce as wide a range of styles of elevator shoes as were available in normal shoes. Customers also asked for something unobtrusive like an insole to put in normal shoes to make them look taller. Eventually some shoemakers tried taking out the inner insole of elevator shoes and trimming them to a standalone insole.

Early elevator insoles were uncomfortable because of inadequate materials and the thickness of the insole. As time goes by there are more and more elevator insole products on the market with better materials and different styles and heights.

Shoe lifts are typically 0.5-2.5 inches in height and come in a number of different styles and materials. Lifts more than 3 inches in height are often very uncomfortable. Manufacturers recommend heights less than 2 inches unless the user finds it absolutely necessary.

Shoe lifts are different from heel lifts. Heel lifts are generally for people with different length of legs. Because of this the added height is hard not soft. However, some people use shoe lifts as heel lifts according to personal preference.


What are Post-Op Surgical Shoes?
Diabetic shoes, sometimes referred to as extra depth or therapeutic shoes, are specially designed shoes or inserts intended to reduce the risk of skin breakdown in diabetics with co-existing foot disease.

People with decreased feeling in their feet may have a false sense of security as to how much at risk their feet actually are. An ulcer under the foot can develop in a couple of hours. The primary goal of therapeutic footwear is to prevent complications, such as: strain, ulcers, calluses, or even amputations for patients with diabetes and poor circulation. In addition to meeting strict guidelines, diabetic shoes must be prescribed by a physician and fit by a qualified individual, such as a certified pedorthist. The shoes must also be equipped with a removable orthotic. Foot orthotics are devices such as shoe inserts, arch supports, or shoe fillers such as lifts, wedges and heels. The diabetic shoes and customized insoles work together as a preventative system to help diabetics avoid foot injuries and improve mobility.

Types of Diabetic Shoes: There are two types of diabetic shoes: custom molded and depth shoes.
Custom molded shoes are shoes that are:
constructed over a positive model of the wearer's foot made from leather or other material of equal quality have removable inserts that can be altered or placed as the wearer's condition warrants have some form of shoe closure, such as lace or velcro

Depth shoes are shoes that:
have a full length heel to toe liner that, when removed, provides a minimum of 3/16 inch of additional depth used to accommodate custom molded or customized inserts made from leather or other material of equal quality have some form of shoe closure, such as lace or velcro are available in full and half sizes with a minimum of three widths


What is Arch Pain?
Flat feet (also called pes planus or fallen arches) is a formal reference to a medical condition in which the arch of the foot collapses, with the entire sole of the foot coming into complete or near-complete contact with the ground. In some individuals (an estimated 20–30% of the general population) the arch simply never develops in one foot (unilaterally) or both feet (bilaterally).

Three studies of military recruits have shown no evidence of later increased injury or foot problems due to flat feet, in a population of people who reach military service age without prior foot problems. However, these studies cannot be used to judge possible future damage from this condition when diagnosed at younger ages.


What are Walking Boots?
A Walking Boot is designed to enhance mobility and/or serve as a cast replacement for sprains, strains, and some types of fractures from the mid-tibia or fibula (middle of the lower leg) to the mid-foot area. Many boots have unique rocker designs which allows a patient to closely simulate a normal gait. Some walkers have foam lining, while others use air bladders to reduce swelling. Some walkers also have adjustable hinges to allow for controlled rehabilitation. Walking Boots are also known as Cam Walkers.

Stress fractures are tiny, hairline breaks that are usually caused by repetitive stress. Stress fractures often afflict athletes who, for example, too rapidly increase their running mileage.


What are Plantar Faciitis Night Slints?
Plantar Fasciitis is a painful condition caused by overuse of the plantar fascia or arch tendon of the foot. The Plantar Fascia is a broad, thick band of tissue that runs from under the heel to the front of the foot.

Plantar fasciitis can also be known as a heel spur although they are not strictly the same. A heel spur is a bony growth that occurs at the attachment of the plantar fascia to the heel bone (calcaneus). A heel spur can be present (through repetitive pulling of the plantar fascia) on a foot with no symptoms at all and a painful heel does not always have a heel spur present.

Plantar fasciitis is traditionally thought to be an inflammatory condition. This is now believed to be incorrect due to the absence of inflammatory cells within the fascia. The cause of pain and disfunction is now thought to be degeneration of the collagen fibres close to the attachment to the calcaneus (heel bone).


What is Plantar Faciitis?
Plantar fasciitis is a painful inflammatory process of the plantar fascia. Longstanding cases of plantar fasciitis often demonstrate more degenerative changes than inflammatory changes, in which case they are termed plantar fasciosis. The plantar fascia is a thick fibrous band of connective tissue originating on the bottom surface of the calcaneus (heel bone) and extending along the sole of the foot towards the five toes. It has been reported that plantar fasciitis occurs in two million Americans a year and 10% of the population over a lifetime. It is commonly associated with long periods of work-related weight bearing. Among non-athletic populations, it is associated with a high body mass index. The pain is usually felt on the underside of the heel and is often most intense with the first steps of the day. Another symptom is that the sufferer has difficulty bending the foot so that the toes are brought toward the shin (decreased dorsiflexion of the ankle). A symptom commonly recognized among sufferers of plantar fasciitis is increased probability of knee pains, especially among runners.

The diagnosis of plantar fasciitis is usually made by clinical examination alone.The clinical examination may include checking the patient’s feet and watching the patient stand and walk. The clinical examination will take under consideration a patient medical history, physical activity, foot pain symptoms and more. The doctor may decide to use Imaging studies like radiographs, diagnostic ultrasound and MRI.

An incidental finding associated with this condition is a heel spur, a small bony calcification, on the calcaneus heel bone, in which case it is the underlying condition, and not the spur itself, which produces the pain.

Sometimes ball-of-foot pain is mistakenly assumed to be derived from plantar fasciitis. A dull pain or numbness in the metatarsal region of the foot could instead be metatarsalgia, also called capsulitis. Some current studies suggest that plantar fasciitis isn't actually inflamed plantar fascia, but merely an inflamed Flexor digitorum brevis muscle belly. Ultrasound evidence illustrates fluid within the FDB muscle belly, not the plantar fascia.


Types of Foot Injuries?
Each of your feet has 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 tendons, muscles, and ligaments. No wonder a lot of things can go wrong. Here are a few common problems:

Bunions - hard, painful bumps on the big toe joint
Calluses and corns - thickened skin from friction or pressure
Plantar warts - warts on the soles of your feet
Fallen arches - also called flat feet
Ill-fitting shoes often cause these problems. Aging and being overweight also increase your chances of having foot problems.
Foot pain may be caused by many different things. Trauma, disease, or a combination of both are the most common causes of foot pain. Trauma is a result of forces outside of the body either directly impacting the body or forcing the body into a position where a single or combination of forces result in damage to the structures of the body. Poor biomechanical alignment may lead to foot pain.

Injuries such as ligament sprains, muscle strains, bruises, and fractures typically occur suddenly (acutely). Sprains, strains, bruises, and fractures may be the result of a single or combination of stresses to the foot. A sprain of the foot or ankle occurs when ligaments that hold the bones together are overstretched and the fibers tear. The looseness or tightness of ligaments in the joints of the foot may be a factor in foot pain.

The muscle's bursa and fascia of the foot can be strained by overstretching, overuse, overloading, bruising, or being cut such as in stepping on a sharp object. Achilles tendonitis is a common muscle injury of the tendon that attaches at the back of the heel.

Injury to the bones and joints of the foot can be caused by a single blow or twist to the foot, or also by repetitive trauma that can result in a stress fracture. A blunt-force injury such as someone stepping on your foot may result not only in a bruise (contusion) injury but also damage to the primary and secondary structures (muscles and ligaments) of the foot. Direct blows to the foot can cause bruising, breaking of the skin, or even fracturing of bones. Metarsalgia is the irritation of the joints of the foot. An example of metarsalgia is "turf toe," a common athletic injury in which the tendon under the joint at the base of the big toe is strained. Trauma to the toenail can cause pooling of blood under the nail and the temporary or permanent loss of a toenail. Repetitive trauma to the bones, muscles, and ligaments can result in extra bone growth known as spurs or exostosis.

Injuries to both the skin covering and the internal structures may also be caused by multiple small repetitive traumas. Micro-trauma injuries can be caused by running on uneven surfaces, surfaces that are too hard or too soft, or shoes that have poor force-absorption qualities or fit incorrectly. Repeated overstressing of the same structure of the foot may cause stress fractures, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, and acute and chronic osteoarthritis.

The arches are the primary structures of the body that absorb and return force to and from the body to the outside world when we are on our feet. Injury to the plantar fascia is a common cause of arch pain. The plantar fascia is a tough fibrous sheath that extends the length of the bottom of the foot and lends support to the arch. When the plantar fascia is damaged, the resulting inflammatory response may become a source of arch pain. High and low arches (flat feet) may cause the foot to function biomechanically in such a way as to cause pain.

Footwear can be a contributor to foot pain. Poor fitting shoes in the short term can cause blisters, calluses, bruising and be a source of athlete's foot. The long-term effects may be bunions, corns, irritation of nerves and joints, misalignment of the toes, and the source of microtrauma injuries to the foot.

Disease, viruses, fungi, and bacteria may also be the sources of foot pain. Diabetes, Hansen's disease, and gout are common diseases that affect the foot. Numbness and change in sensation known as peripheral neuropathy may be a result of these diseases. Plantar warts caused by a virus can become sources of irritation. Athlete's foot caused by a fungus has also been known to develop complications from both bacterial and viral source. A common self-inflicted cause of foot pain is the ingrown toenail. Ingrown toenails occur when the edges of the nail grow through or into the skin, resulting in irritation and sometimes leading to infection.


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