Guest guest Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 With Regard to Toe-Offs and Helios, I have had two pairs of Toe offs and loved them...the first cracked after a year, the second after a few months, but I went ahead and used them for a while. There have been a few discussions about SAFOs and they are in the archives....I have relatively mild (moderate?) foot drop/ankle instability (ie can get away with my Crocs and no AFOs to go to the deli, beach, etc. I've been looking seriously at them -- they are expensive but not quite as much as the Helios sound -- and talking to several people w/CMT and orthotists (a few here who go to England to train) they sound like they have excellent potential for us with relatively mild signs... quotes, by the way, for two were around $4-6,000 and the insurances don't yet have a code for them so it seems some insurances will pay but not all...and after the fact. Intermittently, I have also been using the very inexpensive soft Freedom foot drop brace by Alimed , which I love because it's less bulky and works great for days of slightly less activity or dressy occasions. If you perhaps have relatively mild foot drop, I would suggest looking into these. These are all suggestions I got on this -- thanks for all the sharing. Good Luck Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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