By: Lauren Gregg. Balance Pad Ankle Brace ROM Walker/Boot Whirlpool Mavenlive Software.
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Transcript of By: Lauren Gregg. Balance Pad Ankle Brace ROM Walker/Boot Whirlpool Mavenlive Software.
Balance Pad Ankle Brace ROM Walker/Boot Whirlpool Mavenlive Software
Equipment and Software for ankle rehabilitation
Proprioception: your body’s position in space
Allows you to practice balancing on bad ankle to regain stability
Airex Balance Pad
Cost: $90 each Source: SportsTek Use/Value: improves
coordination, athletic skill, and posture
Good for strengthening injured part of ankle
Balance Pad cont.
Designed to be worn inside the shoe and wraps around the arch of the foot and the ankle
Cost: $39.99 Source: SportsTek and Dick’s Sporting
Goods
Ankle Brace
Use/Value: worn inside the shoe and provides support to increase stability, while still allowing the athlete to participate in activity
Ankle Brace cont.
Source: The Brace Shop
Use/Value: increase stability, decrease pain with walking, decrease inflammation, restore ankle joint function
ROM Walker/Boot
Generate air bubbles and water from pumps placed at strategic points allowing the flow of air and water to massage specific areas of the body (can be hot or cold)
Cost: ???
Whirlpool
Source: Coldtub.com Use/Value: helps remove lactic acid,
swelling, and increases recovery time ideal for improving circulation and
performing range of movement exercises
Whirlpool cont.
Goes through a “point and click” assessment for the client (no writing/typing)
Cost: free trial; different upgrade packages/prices
http://www.mavenlive.com/
Mavenlive Software