What/ Who is an Orthotist?
An orthotist is a healthcare professional who makes and fits braces and splints (orthoses) for people who need added support for body parts that have been weakened by injury, disease, or disorders of the nerves, muscles, or bones. They work under a doctor's orders to adapt purchased braces or create custom-designed braces.
What is an Orthotic Device? (Orthoses)
Orthotic devices, also called orthoses, are braces that help support weakened muscles while walking. They also enhance comfort and help slow the progress of contractures (tightened muscles or tendons that become shorter over time).
Orthotic devices can be worn at any time of the day or night. Use of a specific orthotic device depends on the patient’s type of muscular dystrophy and muscles affected.
Orthotic Services we can provide include but are not limited to:
• Custom Designed Bracing
including, but not limited to:
- Custom Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Orthoses (TLSO's)
- Custom Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Orthoses (CTLSO's)
- Custom Lumbar Sacral Orthoses (LSO's)
- Custom Scoliosis Bracing
- Custom Osteoarthritis Bracing
- Custom Hip Ankle Foot Orthoses (HKAFO's)
- Custom Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses (KAFO's)
- Custom Hip Orthoses (HO's)
- Custom Knee Orthoses (KO's)
- Custom Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFO's)
- Custom Charcot Restraint Orthotic Walkers (CROW Boots)
• Off the Shelf Bracing
including, but not limited to:
- Off the Shelf Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Orthoses (TLSO's)
- Off the Shelf Lumbar Sacral Orthoses (LSO's)
- Off the Shelf Cervical Collars
- Off the Shelf Cervical Thoracic Orthoses (CTO's)
- Halo's (Non-Invasive)
- Off the Shelf Hip Orthoses (HO's)
- Off the Shelf Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFO's)
- Off the Shelf Knee Orthoses (KO's)
- Off the Shelf Wrist Hand Orthoses (WHO's)
- Off the Shelf Wrist Hand Finger (WHFO's)
- Off the Shelf Elbow Orthoses (EO's)
• Diabetic Shoes & Inserts
• Protective Helmets
• Pediatric Orthotics
including, but not limited to:
- Custom Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses (KAFO's)
- Adjustable Hip Abduction Orthosis (HO's)
- Custom or Off the Shelf Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFO's)
- Custom Supra-Malleolar Orthosis (SMO's)
- Pavlov Harness
- Custom Scoliosis Bracing
- Custom Cranial Molding Helmets