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Post by deejay on Feb 12, 2019 18:59:05 GMT
Yes. Apart from my query its fine for me and a very good overall fit. The knee joint is in the right place although it doesn't look right in the photo. If anything, I might have liked more of a corset for the lower leg rather than the single band, but I did have the choice and the current one is what I asked for. As you can see, the thigh corset is extra tall which is good. Because of that, perhaps I would have liked it to be formed a bit more at the back, almost like a seat. Maybe I might get an ischial ring extension sometime. I do seem to remember seeing one somewhere where the leather was even higher at the back and seat-like though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 10:28:20 GMT
Was your's made to measure by VB?
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Post by deejay on Feb 13, 2019 22:55:21 GMT
I bought it on ebay and it was a very lucky fit. The top corset had been very badly patched up with what looked like fake leather from an old sofa! It was also too small around the thigh. The rest of the leatherwork was reasonable but not great.
VB replaced all of the leatherwork, made the top corset taller and shaped the uprights a little better to fit. Just like new.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 12:11:20 GMT
Deejay, PM sent.
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Post by rowland on Jan 22, 2020 17:57:43 GMT
I have three KAFOs:
The first one is a mix of plastic and metal, with a thermoplastic shell for the thigh and another at the calf. when I started to need to sit on the top edge it was too sharp, just the thickness of the plastic. In any case I had complained when I wore an AFO with a plastic shell against my skin. The orthotist had the inside of the thigh-shell lined with chamois leather lapping over padding on the top rim. It was comfortable.
The second one is metal and leather. It has ankle joints to allow flexion at my ankle. The caliper has a flat spur fitting into a "box" socket, whereas the earlier one had round spurs fitting into round sockets. The orthotist preferred me to have a more natural ankle joint.This second one has a metal band covered with leather at the back of the thigh, which I was able to sit on with considerable discomfort. It was sent away to have extra padding and has been satisfactory.
The third one is simply to provide a spare. It is a copy of the second one and has also been modified to make it comfortable.
One of the two metal and leather braces is now away to have an ischial ring added. The uprights are being lengthened a little to take the strain off my knee. The orthotist is very reluctant to fit a knee-pad. We hope that the reduction of weight on my knee will lessen the sideways movement of my genu valgus (knock-knee).
I would still like to try a knee-pad and also a T-strap to stop the inward movement of my ankle.
I would not like to be an orthotist. It's very hard to get everything just right! Especially when the leg is on the move.
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Post by castmenow on Jan 24, 2020 21:34:01 GMT
Your right about orthotists, my wife worked in orthotics for a while many years ago, she only worked on thermoplastic devices, I know rom her how bespoke everything has to be to get a comfortable fit and functional operation and sometimes the two are hard to achieve. She was conscientious but at times it required multiple visits to get things just right. From what she said at the time, what could be very worrying was people without sensation in their legs who did not regularly check when fitted with a new brace because they could have some bad rubbing without knowing about it.
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