Features of Ultra Lower Extremity System
- TheraTogs ULTRA Lower Extremity System helps in supporting, assisting, and strengthening the lower abdominals
- Appropriate knee joint modeling in developing infants and children
- Improve load-bearing alignment
- Assist quadriceps during late swing phase
- Use joint links to influence foot alignment and function by realigning the leg segments
- Defer or avoid the need for surgical long bone correction by using physiologic adaptation and skeletal modeling capacities in daily function
Indications:
- Intoed gait in a child <7 years caused by excessive femoral torsion or excessive leg or foot rotation
- Excess anterior pelvic tilt caused by excessive femoral torsion or excessive leg or foot rotation
- Out-toed gait in a child <7 years caused by:
- Diminished femoral torsion
- Excessive lateral tibiofibular torsion
- Hip outward rotation bias
- Knee joint ligament laxity
- Knee hyperextension in a child age <7 years, or newly acquired knee hyperextension, caused by cerebral palsy, hypotonia, or ligament laxity
- Inadequate swing-phase knee extension in gait resulting in shortened step, caused by cerebral palsy, hemiplegia due to stroke, or traumatic brain injury
- Genu varum or genu valgum, caused by knee joint ligament laxity
- Persistent flexible foot pronation in hips/knees, caused by hypotonia or ligament laxity
- Excessive flexible foot supination, caused by ligament laxity
What to buy with Lower Extremity System by TheraTogs
- Hermell Hip Aligner Back Pain Cushion
- Ossur Rebound Hip V2 Frame Brace
How to wash TheraTogs ULTRA Lower Extremity System?
- Machine wash gentle, cold wash
- No softeners, brighteners, fragrances
- Bleach as needed
- Dry flat, in shade
- Do not dry clean
- Do not wring or twist
- Do not iron
