Heritage Medical Equipment, LLC

Custom Ankle Brace

 

This video shows the correct way to measure and cast for custom ankle braces.  The Premier Ankle Brace from Townsend Design is appropriate for patients with severe ankle injuries, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, and flat foot.

It is important to use fiberglass, not plaster when taking a cast mold for this ankle brace.

 

Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction - Stage III

Patients with Stage III PPTD will experience a partial to complete tendon tear, and present with a rigid flat foot.

Patients will experience:

• considerable ankle swelling
• a shift in foot pain from the inside towards the outside
• ankle pain just above the foot and below the ankle
• arthritis in the ankle joint

Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction - Stage II

Stage II posterior tibial tendon dysfunction patients will have a partial tear or complete rupture of the tendon.  The arch in the foot is beginning to flatten.

Patients will have:

• foot pain on the inside of the feet
• ankle pain along the course of the tendon

Also:

• their toes will begin to point outward
• their ankle will begin to roll inward
• they will be unable to stand of their toes

Posterior Tibial Tendonitis - Stage I

The first stage of PTTD is posterior tibial tendonitis without a tendon tear.  So the tendon has been attenuated or over-stretched.  

    Symptoms include:

• foot pain on the inside of the arch
• ankle pain along the course of the tendon.

There may be:

• weakness
• redness
• warmth
• ankle swelling

 

 

Posterior Tibial Tendonitis - Likely to Get Worse

Posterior tibial tendonitis is a progressive condition of the foot and ankle that if left untreated will likely get worse.  Without arch support flat foot will occur.  PTTD is generally divided into three stages:

• Stage I -   Posterior tibial tendonitis without a tendon tear.
• Stage II -  Partial or complete tear of the posterior tibial tendon.
• Stage III - Partial or complete tear of the posterior tibial tendon, along with rigid flat feet.   

 

Open Toe Compression Stockings

This video shows how the Compression Stocking Applicator works with open toe support stockings.  Compression garments last longer when donned and doffed using the applicator.  

 

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Support Stockings Applicator

These are instructions on how to load a compression stocking on the Applicator using an arm instead of a donning pole.  Support stockings are applied quicker and easier using the applicator when compared to just pulling the hosiery up and down a leg.

 

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Support Hosiery - Applicator

What is a donning pole?  The video instruction below shows how the Donning Pole works for above the knee compression stockings.  The Donning Pole helps load the compression garment on the applicator.

 

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Compression Hosiery

This Compression Stocking Applicator makes donning and doffing compression socks and hosiery simple.  Watch how to roll a compression stocking on a leg.

 

 

Available at Heritage Medical.

Compression Stocking Applicator

Below the knee application of compression stockings is easy too.  This video shows a care giver loading a compression stocking on the applicator, and then applying the stocking to a patient's leg.  She uses the "cone" at the beginning of the video to assist her.

 

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