Plantar Fasciitis Night Splint, Medium
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Manufacturer: Florida OrthopedicsCustomer Reviews of Plantar Fasciitis Night Splint, Medium
Customer Review: disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
As a physical therapist and a person who suffers from plantar fascitis, I searched the web looking for what I thought biomechanically would do the trick to keep my foot dorsiflexed (toes up) with slight toe extension and offer an adjustable angle at the ankle. I thought the Healwell night splint fit my criteria. Unfortunately I didn't adequately take into consideration another HUGE factor: COMFORT.
While my foot is average for a woman my size, my calf is pretty thick and the top strap just barely had enough velcro to fasten. The ankle strap is too thin. It is VERY uncomfortable and it does NOT properly position your heel into the splint. (I would suggest to the manufacturer to make the strap thicker, softer and angle it down more toward the heel than back toward the malleoli - ankle bones.) Unless you tighten it so much that it makes your toes go numb, there will be some plantarflexion (toes down) which is what the splint is supposed to prevent. The foot strap is not small enough and no matter how tight you make it, your foot can still slide forward in the splint.
I tried to put some of my clinical skills to work and decided to cob-job a way to keep my foot appropriately situated in the splint. I tried to slip a compression stocking over the whole aparatus with my foot in it, cutting holes for some of the straps. And on a separate occasion tried to ace wrap my ankle into the splint. Neither attempt worked. The "lip" on the foot part of the splint kept the stocking or ace wrap from contacting my foot, so there was room for my foot to slide out of position. Both attempts resulted in numbness in my toes and eventually throughout the night, the wrap or stocking bunching up somewhere and leaving a deep crease in my lower leg.
To top it all off, it is made of hard plastic and very difficult to find a comfortable position to sleep in without bruising my other leg or my husband next to me. I tried this device at least 5 nights and was unable to keep it on for the duration any of those nights.
To add insult to injury, once this item is unwrapped it cannot be returned. Now, I ask you, how am I going to know if it's going to work unless I take it out of the package? So I am now out $60.
My final solution was to use a thigh high compression stocking (TEDS)-because it fits snug and doesn't get stretched out - pulled down to my calf with the toe portion pulled out about 10 to 12 inches past my toes and tying that toe portion to the top (rim of the thigh portion). It holds my foot in at least neutral (or whatever angle I chose) but is flexible if I need to move around. It's adjustable with how much I tie off and its washable. The only drawback is that it can be a little too much stress on the toes, but certainly tolerable to sleep in. This "device" resembles the "Strassburg Sock" if you are looking for a manufactured version. Some people I'm sure would find the toe extension a bit uncomfortable but it has worked for me at least well enough so that I can take those first few morning steps with very little discomfort.
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