Equipment Software Project 2By: Lauren Gregg

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.

Allows injured athlete to walk without pain/limping

Cost: $178.99

ROM Walker/Boot

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

Source: mavenlive.com

Use/Value: Automatically suggests/generates exercises based on assessment

Automatically documents everything about the patients’ visit

Mavenlive Software cont.