AFOSwedish Foot Support: Drop Foot Stabilizer for Improved Mobility and Stability

Kirsty M.: This product is very poorly designed. I have Drop Foot on my left foot. first off, It did not fit in my shoe correctly, and uncomfortable to wear. The worst part was that the part of the brace that rests on your calf is tight and the velcro is not strong at all. I could not get the strap to stay in place. It kept on popping off. This could have been very unsafe. The only good thing about this product is that the strap was long enough to go around my calf giving me the option to trim it if I wanted.

United States on Oct 24, 2023

tad: It did provide the stability and support I was looking for, but the top right part of the brace dug into the calf muscle painfully. I use a removed insole from a shoe to cushion it.

United States on Jul 20, 2023

Watercolorist Holly: This light-weight brace helps keep my foot positioned correctly as I walk, without unduly limiting the action of my ankle. I was concerned that the foot plate would be too flat, since my orthotic would not fit either inside or beneath it in my athletic shoe, but it has enough built-in arch support to prevent my plantar's fasciitis from kicking up (though it might not be the right amount for everyone). I do want a little padding from ankle socks when I wear it. And I put some moleskin cloth on the inside of the calf panel to keep my skin from sticking to the plastic. But overall, it's relatively easy-on, easy-off, particularly when I leave the brace in the shoe and simply unfasten both the shoe and the velcro straps to slip my foot out. In putting it back on, the calf portion of the brace acts as a kind of shoehorn, letting me slip the foot back into place before retying the shoe and fastening the two velcro straps. The straps are quite long; I shortened mine and added another bit of velcro to avoid having extra-long pieces flapping around between my calves.

United States on Apr 11, 2023

Carol Lochbaum: I've been buying this style of AFO for several years from different vendors. It works great for me and prevents my foot from dropping and avoids tripping. I would highly recommend it to anyone with foot drop issues. From my experience, all the suppliers seem to use the exact same plastic part. It is very durable, fits inside my shoe, and is comfortable. The difference between vendors is the velcro strapping used to wrap around the shin. Some are heavily padded, and some are not padded at all. The velcro in the heavily padded ones wears out the fastest, since the little hooks clog up with fuzz. Once that happens, they don't stay attached to my leg, and I have to use a supplemental strap which is a nuisance. I think the strap from this particular supplier will last longer than the others, but might be slightly less comfortable. By the way, the lower strap became unglued immediately and fell off. I can get along without it.

United States on Jan 22, 2022

Omar SyedOmar Syed: The braces were for my foot drop, and while they're well made, clearly supportive, and definitely affordable, the quality control could use some work-
Shown in the photos, you can see that the left brace had a single strap at the top, but the right brace had two straps- one near the ankle, and another at the top.
All straps are merely glued onto the plastic brace with industrial strength adhesive. I'm not sure what this means in terms of strength or use and wear and tear from prolonged usage.
There is nothing to hold the foot into the brace- I'd have to install more velcro straps, using similar adhesive or even rivets to hold the velcro straps in. The provided straps are far, far too long, and were perhaps intended so users could cut the straps shorter when needed. Understood, but as they are, they are ridiculously long.
As they are, and as they're intended, they're perfectly fine. They're sturdy, flexible, comfortable and easy to customize for each individual's specific needs.
Note that I did take out the original shoe's inserts- the soft, spongy footbed insert/insole in order to get the braces to fit inside my shoes.

United States on Oct 30, 2019

Benbola: He's getting older and needs help moving around.

Canada on Mar 10, 2019