Re: Leather ankle support?

Re: Leather ankle support?

garry ogilvie

12/3/1999

What a shame it is today that many of the Orthotist's of today dont know
how to make anything.
Iwould start by taking an impressoin of the patients foot and ankle and go
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----- Original Message -----
From: R. Okumura < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Leather ankle support?


> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Ted A. Trower wrote:
>
> > I've gotten in a script for a custom fitted ankle support made of
leather.
> > Does anyone know of such a thing?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ted A. Trower C.P.O.
> >
> > <Email Address Redacted>
>
> hey ted,
>
> don't post this, but they were called anklets when i learned to make them
>
> i think you can get pre-fab ones in the knit-rite catalogue. there are
> also cloth ones we use downstairs called the swede-o-brace or something
> like that, maybe gary dodge will answer your post.
>
> leather ones come in s,m,l,xl, left or right etc. i used one way back when
> i was an orthotist on a post polio pt. nice soft leather.
>
> i can teach you how to make one from scratch if you care!
>
> Ramona M. Okumura, CP
> Lecturer, Division Prosthetics Orthotics
> Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, #356490
> School of Medicine
> University of Washington
> Seattle, WA 98195-6490 USA
> <Email Address Redacted>
> FAX (206) 598-4761
> <URL Redacted>
>
>