ORTONYX Ankle-Foot Orthosis Swedish AFO Foot Drop Support Brace - Left X-Large White

The Velcro is awesome. Stays attached all day. The strap around the ankle is cumbersome. Took it off and the brace still works.

I can wear it on the outside of thin material sweats. I think the part near the ankle could be more forward. It's a little challenging getting your foot into a shoe, though. I'd like to be able to trim the back of the AFO. Plus side about it, if you have house slippers that wrap around your heel (like a moccasin) you can insert the AFO while wearing it so you can use it indoors. It was easier to insert since the cuff wasn't so high.

I bought this afo after 4 years of being in a full, heavy afo, after my stroke. I asked my orthotist about a less heavy and hot afo, because it was summer and 80+ days where it was so hot with my current brace, and was told that i had to be in a full afo for my condition. I saw this brace on amazon, and i got to wondering if it would work for me. When i saw this afo for a fraction of the price of some others that were just like it, i had to try it. It came quickly and it worked well for my foot drop, and i couldnt believe it! 4 miserable years i lived with my other afo! The only problem i have with it is, my knees are bad and my leg has shrunk so much from non-use of it for 4 years, that it causes my leg to lock my knee in an abnormally severe angle, that it almost bends backwards wt the knee. It is through no fault of the brace, because i am double jointed in my hips, knees, fingers and jaw! i was wondering if there is any way to heat the afo up with say a hair dryer, and bend it slighty, so my leg wouldnt straighten completetly? If anyone knows, i would love to find out. If so, the afo would be perfect and just what i needed. The afo is a wonderful product and just what people like me needed! If i would have found it sooner, i could have saved myself years of misery!

I wear a custom afo but mind was broken and had to order a new one & this came in handy until my custom one was ready. its not the best but its better than nothing.

I purchased this orthotic because it allows for some vertical motion of my foot that I need in certain situations such as going up and down stairs. That feature works as expected, and I found much improved stability on stairs. However, I found the device to be uncomfortable to wear for an extended time due to the edges of the plastic pressing against my ankle. I could only leave it in place for a short time and could not use it for long walks. I considered wrapping my ankle but had insufficient space within my shoe. Given the right shoes, it may be able to be worn without discomfort.

The brace is very uncomfortable. It hurts my foot.

I've only been using it for a few days, but it seems to be doing the job. My foot does not drop while wearing it. BUT, I will need to add some sort of cushioning around the edges. It does cut into the skin. I will probably add some moleskin. This is a feature that the company might want to look into to increase the comfort level. The price was very good. I would be happy to pay more for a little more comfort.

This AFO is superb in which it helps steady your gait, and help with drop foot.

This brace has given me back my life instantly. I had my foot reconstructed 7 months ago and have been in constant pain and unable to walk without a walking stick and facing into more surgery to try to ease the pain. It looked like I'd never get close to normal life again. This product arrived on a day I'd had to leave work from crippling pain. I put it on and I could walk pain free. It's flexible enough to also wear while driving. I won't be running marathons with it but I can absolutely have a normal life now. I went from not being able to walk and carry a cup of tea to walking to the shop without a stick and back in a day. I'm in my 20's and thought that would be beyond me permanently.It's a bit sharp but I found a blister plaster around the arch support works wonders and wearing it over your trousers stops it digging in.

of torture!I found the thing dreadfully uncomfortable; actually quite painful, cutting into my calf and instep.Apart from that, it was too flexible, allowing my foot to point down easily, so pretty much useless.I realise that I could have modified it by the use of heat but I wasn't prepared to risk it and just returned it instead.Perhaps the enclosed leaflet 'User Manuel' (sic) should have given me a clue!

This has to be the most uncomfortable thing next to nails in the eyeballs, it pinches my calf muscle to beyond submission it shifts front and back even with it tight as heck to squeeze the last morsel of blood outta my calf even when wearing it with a shoe/trainer on its bad, the straps don't line up with each other properly specially the top strap which goes round the calf and shin, digs into achilles tendon rubbing in down to the tendon itself if ilthis site had a - 5 that's what this PoS would have got don't waste your money

Completely wrong despite being recommended by my physio. It was such agony to wear it in any way, I abandoned its use very quickly. I would say avoid it. The only leg splint that has ever worked for me was bespoke & made many years ago.

Rivets not covered. Rough at some of the edges. No padding at the top & narrow at the top