What is a multi Podus boot?

What is a multi Podus boot?

Multi podus boot products are designed to suspend your heel to prevent skin breakdown from occurring on the bottom of your heel. They can be used for a variety of situations including foot drop, management of wounds, and limb positioning due to cerebrovascular accidents (strokes).

What is a Posey boot?

The Deluxe Podus Boot by Posey is a multi-purpose foot boot that helps in the healing and prevention of toe ulcers and protects against foot drop. This Therapy Boot also aids in the treatment of plantar flexion contracture, hip rotation, and decubitus heel ulcers.

Can you walk in a Podus boot?

The Comfy Multi Podus Boot for Foot and Ankle is available with an ambulatory base to enable the wearer to walk naturally, or with extra side straps and ankle support. An extender kit is available for patients with increased calf or foot circumference or edema.

What are Podus boots used for?

The Deluxe Podus Boot from Posey is a multi-purpose foot boot designed to help in the healing and prevention of heel and toe ulcers and safeguards against foot drop. The Podus Boot is recommended for use in patients at risk for plantar flexion contracture, foot drop, hip rotation and decubitus heel ulcers.

Can you walk in a Prafo boot?

Do not attempt to walk with the PRAFO unless it has a walking base attached to it or you have a cast shoe to wear over the PRAFO.

What is a surgical boot?

surgical shoe or boot: a hard shoe that is constructed of a thick sole, with lacing designed to allow the shoe to be firmly tightened around the foot to reduce motion at the foot during static standing and gait.

What are Rooke boots?

The Rooke Vascular Boot provides complete offloading of the heel while naturally warming the limb and has been used by surgeons, interventionalists, and wound care specialists for close to 35 years.

What is a Prafo boot?

General Description: A PRAFO® is a device that is worn on the calf and foot similar to a boot and is often used for patients that spend the majority of their time in bed. One reason for its use is to prevent bedsores or ulcers from developing on the back of the heel.

What does Prafo stand for?

Pressure Relief Ankle Foot Orthosis
The term PRAFO® stands for Pressure Relief Ankle Foot Orthosis – a family of ankle-foot orthotic devices manufactured by Anatomical Concepts Inc and developed since 1995 to be extremely versatile and suitable for many applications. (

Is foot drop considered a disability?

Foot drop caused by trauma or nerve damage usually shows partial or even complete recovery. For progressive neurological disorders, foot drop will be a symptom that is likely to continue as a lifelong disability.