A frame from the video showing how the ankle orthotic and shoe fit together.

Ankle-Foot Orthotic Shoe combination for Foot Drop Patients

Kathy Fisher AFO

In this week’s blog, we demonstrate the AFO strategy used by Insightful Products to attach the AFO or ankle brace to the shoe using Velcro. The foot and ankle brace is attached to the shoe using a hook and loop pile. By attaching the ankle brace to the shoe, the …

Back Surgery Drop Foot Brace Frustration

Kathy Fisher Blog

Frustration with his old drop foot brace led Joe, from Massachusetts to contact us at Insightful Products, about our Step-Smart Brace for Drop foot. Following back surgery over 15 years ago, Joe, like many who go through such surgeries, found he had developed drop foot.  Seeking relief Joe had tried …

Ernie’s Step-Smart Brace Experience

Ian Blog

Earlier this past summer, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ernie to our our headquarters, in Scarborough, Maine, for a consultation with Ian Engleman, CPO, inventor of the Step-Smart Brace and founder and owner of Insightful Products! Ernie drove up from Rhode Island o learn more about the Step-Smart and see if it would suit his drop foot needs.

Bilateral Drop Foot solution for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)

Gordon Holman Blog

A bilateral drop foot patient is able to walk better immediately after putting on the Step-Smart braces for Drop Foot. This patient has Charcot Marie Tooth. Without any practice, the patient put on the braces, and we filmed before and after he tried the Step-Smart brace. After a little practice, …

Back on the Dance Floor with a Step-Smart® Drop Foot Brace

Gordon Holman Blog

In this post, we wanted to share a testimonial from a customer who was overjoyed with the results of his Step-Smart brace! In this exciting reveal, he talks about how the Step-Smart Brace allowed him more independence and confidence with each step…

Drop Foot and Sandal Modification

Gordon Holman Blog

Welcome to the Insightful Blog! Today’s video shoes how some simple shoe modification can allow Step-Smart Brace users to wear sandals with their brace! Click the image above to read more and watch the video!

Living with Drop Foot: Footwear, What a Difference a Shoe Makes

Gordon Holman Footwear

If you feel held back by your foot drop brace, the Insightful Blog is here to share information on the Step-Smart Drop Foot Brace and help you understand if this could be the right solution for you! As the Step-Smart Brace is a custom-fit (meaning off the shelf, not fully custom) results and outcomes will vary from person to person. We share tutorial and testimonial videos to help you better understand the drop foot solutions designed and manufactured by Insightful Products.