|
|
|
Hallux Valgus: A Sock for a Friend |
| Print |
|
"Ortopedici & Sanitari" - October 2009
Applied research of physiotherapeutic bandages. After years of experience in physiotherapeutic bandages, a new technologically innovative sock has been created for those who suffer from Hallux Valgus or have a tendency to develop it.
Created in Italy with an international patent, by I.S.P.E. snc, a company with over thirty years of experience in the textile industry, and Dr. Carlo De Luca of Fisiomed RS25 in Padua, a center that for years has used physiotherapeutic bandages to treat Hallux Valgus, Alluce Valgo Solution® is a technologically advanced sock created to embrace the foot and aid it in its functions. It is above all for people who suffer from type I and II Hallux Valgus, or have the tendency to develop it.
According to Dr. De Luca: «Hallux Valgus, can basically be defined as a malformation of the foot characterized by a lateral deviation of the phalanx of the big toe ... |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Treating the pathology |
| Print |
|
|
«Surgery is the main remedy to correct this anatomical malfunction, even though the various surgical approaches to the pathology can cause the patient to be wary. Post-surgical recovery can sometimes be difficult. Physiotherapy helps to reduce signs and symptoms, massages and exercise can slow down and contain its evolution... |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
The physiotherapeutic bandage |
| Print |
|
|
«If the bandage is well-made» states De Luca «the various bands interact in synergy. For example, the extension of the sole of the foot when pressure is applied puts into motion the transversal band which, being anchored to the medial band, will accentuate the action on the joint of the first metatarsal ray... |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Alluce Valgo Solution® |
| Print |
|
|
According to the creators, the sock was initially conceived to replace the physiotherapeutic bandage. It was perhaps less efficient because it was less personalized, but easier and more comfortable to use. «But then we realized that we couldn’t simply create an ensemble of bands that wrapped into a shape, however complex and dynamic, but rather we had to think about creating forces and vectors intrinsic to the idea of a garment that could wrap the foot overall». Beginning with these principles, Dr. De Luca and Ispe developed Alluce Valgo Solution®, a first-rate medical device, accredited by the Ministry of Health... |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Long-tested solution |
| Print |
|
|
Alluce Valgo Solution® has been studied and tested on volunteers; the interweavings of fibre, Lycra, cotton and elastics of various weight, have been interwoven in such a ways as to wrap and assist the foot in its complex dynamics. The volunteers have tried the prototypes for over 2 years offering advice and suggestions as to how to improve its efficiency and wearability. The current product is guaranteed by 30 users who have worn the sock for at least 2 hours a day for at least one month... |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
