Drop Foot, also known as foot drop, is a condition where you have difficulty lifting the front part of your foot, making it challenging to walk and maintain balance. It can be caused by various underlying conditions such as nerve injuries, muscle weakness, or neurological disorders.
How the Adjustable Compression Component Kit works for the Step-Smart Brace for Drop Foot
Video Transcript: In this video, we’re going to show the five different settings that you have for choices for your Step Smart Brace. Now when you get your step smart brace it’ll have the two amber bumpers in and that setting is a medium setting and is most likely …
What is a Hip Square?
Transcript: Hi! Ian Engelman here from Insightful Products. I’ve got David here. David does not have drop foot but for purposes of demonstrating an uneven hip height or pelvic obliquity, he’s helping us out. Thanks for doing that. So he’s got a Step-Smart Brace on his left side and because …
Parts and Accessories Available for the Step-Smart Brace for Drop Foot
This week, Ian Engelman, Founder of Insightful Products, explains how the design of The Step-Smart Brace for Drop Foot is modular so that many of the components can be replaced, as needed, after a long period of wearing it. We offer these parts and accessories on our website for your …
AFO Shoe Combination
Video Transcript: Hi! Ian here from Insightful Bracing. We help people walk. And one of the ways we help people walk is to make it easy for them to get the brace on their foot. What we try to inspire in our customers is to use the brace-shoe combination as …
Should I get a Top Cover for my Step-Smart Brace?
In this video, Ian talks about the top cover for the Step-Smart brace and whether you should get on when purchasing your Insightful Products Step-Smart Brace for Drop Foot. Transcript: You might be deciding whether you want to get a top cover or not for your Step-Smart Brace and …
Replacing tensors on the Step-Smart Brace
In this video, Ian Engleman demonstrates how our drop foot technology can provide better treatment by providing more accurate traction on the calf. If the portion of the AFO (called the calf section) is moving either medially or laterally off the leg, the drop foot AFO brace can be adjusted …
Using Uneven Tensors with your Step-Smart® Brace
Transcript: Hi, Ian here. Today we’re going to talk about uneven tensors and when it’s applicable to use them. Now for most people, the alignment is just fine. You don’t need to use the uneven tensors. But if you find that that cap section dislocates or is off-kilter from your …
Foot Funnel® Shoehorn – A Shoe Aid
The Foot Funnel® shoehorn is a “dressing aid ” or shoe aid and is an alternative to the long-handled shoehorn and makes shoe donning easier for those that have trouble bending, twisting, and reaching. “What is a shoehorn?” It is a shoe aid or shoe donner. As a dressing aid, …
Two Styles of Donning the Step-Smart
This week, Ian shares two ways you can don your Step-Smart brace. Watch and find the way that works best for you! Video Transcript: Hi! Ian here. In this video what we’re gonna show is a couple of ways you can put on your Step-Smart brace. We call it donning …
Why The Step-Smart Brace is Small
It has come to our attention often that people wonder how The Step-Smart Brace for Drop Foot can be as effective as other Ankle-Foot Orthotics (AFO’s) while having a shorter footplate. The answer is in the unique design and how the brace works in conjunction with your shoe. In this …
How to Choose the Correct Step-Smart Brace Size For You
In this short video, we show you how to quickly discern what size Step-Smart brace is best for you and why wearing the correct size is important. The Step-Smart brace comes in an X-Small, Small/Medium, Large/X-Large, and XX-Large configuration. To make sizing easier, we’ve translated sizing to match standard shoe …