When John Beacom recently visited the UK, our orthotists were able to step in and save his vacation by creating a brand new orthotic KAFO when his old AFO failed.
john contracted Poliomyelitis (better known as polio) as a child. Polio is an infectious disease that can cause flaccid paralysis if the virus enters the central nervous system.
As a result, John now suffers from post-polio syndrome, which causes muscle weakness in his left leg, for which he has to wear a Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses or KAFO.
When, on the first day of his holiday, John noticed a crack in his old KAFO, LOC was able to offer him an appointment in double quick time. Orthotist Sam Walmsley addressed the immediate problem so that John and his wife could continue their holiday. But he also suggested that LOC could manufacture John a new, lightweight KAFO that would address hyperextension issues in his knee as well as improving his general gait.
One week later and John was equipped with a brand new KAFO, with minimal disruption to his much awaited holiday! “I am most thankful to Sam and his colleagues for their dedication to my case," he said. "Their prompt assistance has changed a potential disaster into a great tourist visit."
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