User Guides

User guides for the OrthoPed foot drop splint

Instructions for putting on and taking off the OrthoPed foot drop splint are shown below, followed by some videos to accompany these instructions. Please also consult our detailed Information for Use which can be accessed by clicking here.

Advice:

  • For comfort, wear a sock under the ankle strap.
  • The OrthoPed splint will likely cause a slight red mark on your ankle like a sock mark. However, this should disappear within 30 minutes of taking off the OrthoPed splint. If it does not, please speak to the clinician providing you the splint or if you privately purchased, please ensure the size you have bought is the correct size for your leg.
  • Always follow your clinicians’ advice.
  • The OrthoPed splint can be worn with Velcro fastening or lace up shoes, but not elastic laces.
  • The OrthoPed splint cannot be used with Velcro shoes that do not have a D ring on the bottom strap because the hook needs to be sandwiched between the 2 layers of Velcro.
Photograph of the OrthoPed Foot Drop Splint Photograph of the OrthoPed Foot Drop Splint
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How to put on the OrthoPed splint:

  • Remove from the packaging.
  • Read the Information For Use (IFU).
  • If wearing lace up shoes, tighten the laces as much as possible and tie as tightly as comfortable.
    The Foot Drop Splint facing forward, showing its neoprene strap alongside a round clasp and its magnetic base
  1. Whilst sitting with feet flat on the floor, open the neoprene strap and pull the round clasp off its magnetic base
    2. Foot being placed through the splint's cord loop
  2. Place foot through cord loop.
    3. Velcro tab being folded back on itself to secure the splint
  3. Wrap neoprene strap around ankle, overlapping the narrower Velcro end on top of the wider buckle end. Pass Velcro tab through buckle and fold back on itself to secure. You should be able to fit 1 finger around the top and bottom of the neoprene strap when it is done up.
    4. Foot flat on the floor with splint on
  4. Have foot flat on floor, bend ankle forwards as much as is comfortable so your knee goes towards or over your toes. Possibly using your hand on your knee to help.
    5. Hook attached to shoelace furthest from the ankle Hook attached to velcro strap furthest from the ankle
  5. Attach hook to furthest from the ankle shoelace or Velcro strap. Remember to close the Velcro strap of your shoe over the hook.
    6. Round clasp being twisted by hand
  6. Twist the round clasp to create the tension you need in the cord to enable you to walk without catching your toes on the floor. The round clasp only tightens when you twist it to the right. After placing the OrthoPed splint on with lace up shoes you will need to readjust the twisty clasp after a couple of minutes to allow for movement of the shoelace.
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How to take off the OrthoPed splint:

    Round clasp pulled off its magnetic base by hand
  1. Pull the round clasp off its magnetic base to release the tension in the cord.
    2. Hook taken off the shoe by hand
  2. Take the hook off the shoe.
    3. Neoprene strap opened by hand
  3. Open the neoprene strap.
    4. Splint pulled off by hand
  4. Pull splint off foot.