Comments on: How to Use an Ankle Brace

on 8/8/2006 If you live in a hot climate as do i then you will soon discover if you were mislead by your orthorist or doctor into acceptance of a plastic brace and now you face hot weather .I did this for over ten years . But when I complained to both my doctor and my orthosist I finally got a steel and leather caliper brace which is attached to my shoe and actually only makes contact with the leg at one point.
Rose Gibson

on 11/22/2005 If you live in a hot climate as do i then you will soon discover if you were mislead by your orthorist or doctor into acceptance of a plastic brace and now you face hot weather .I did this for over ten years . But when I complained to both my doctor and my orthosist I finally got a steel and leather caliper brace which is attached to my shoe and actually only makes contact with the leg at one point.
Rose Gibson

on 11/22/2005 take an impression from the cast by filling it with plaster. next buildup areas that you want to relieve of pressure (such as bony prominences) by adding more plaster on the positive mold(such as on the malleoli)
next, remove plaster from areas where you want to exert more pressure on..
next, thermoform some polypropylene or other plastic material while melted .this way you will get the exact contour and fit of the leg when the plastic cools.