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Allard UK We supply high-quality orthotic products to the UK and Ireland.

Do your toes catch the ground when you walk?If you live with foot drop, you might recognise:• your toes catching the gro...
20/03/2026

Do your toes catch the ground when you walk?

If you live with foot drop, you might recognise:
• your toes catching the ground
• needing to lift your leg higher just to clear your foot
• worrying about tripping when you’re out walking

ALFESS is a small wearable device that gently stimulates the muscles in your lower leg so your foot lifts at the right moment when you take a step. This can help make walking feel smoother and more controlled.

People using ALFESS often tell us they notice:
👉 foot lift when walking
👉 less effort getting around
👉 more confidence leaving the house and staying active

The device sits comfortably just below the knee and automatically adjusts as you walk, helping your foot lift step after step. The aim is to make every day walking feel easier and safer again.

👉 Comment WALK below and we’ll send you more information about how ALFESS could help you walk with more confidence.

Last week the Allard UK team headed north for our very first seminar in Scotland: Unlocking Gait – Enhancing Clinical Sk...
18/03/2026

Last week the Allard UK team headed north for our very first seminar in Scotland: Unlocking Gait – Enhancing Clinical Skills in Foot Drop Management.

A full day exploring the things clinicians wrestle with every day in practice: biomechanics, muscle function, kinetics, and the clinical application of dynamic response AFOs.

What made the day really special was the discussion in the room. Physiotherapists, Orthotists, and O&P students all bringing different perspectives to the same goal, supporting patients to walk and live a better life.

One of the biggest highlights was having the orthoses there to handle, test, and experience first-hand, alongside real case examples showing how different AFO designs influence gait.

The feedback from the room said it better than we could:
• “Brilliant to have all the orthoses on site with experts to talk you through the design.”
• “The case videos showing the effect of different AFOs were really interesting.”
• “Very informative, interactive and enjoyable.”
• “Thank you for making biomechanics interesting and engaging!”
And our favourite comment... “I’ll be telling my colleagues about it so please come back to Scotland!”

Safe to say, we will. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and made our first Scottish seminar such a great day. More Unlocking Gait events are coming in 2026... comment GAIT to be the first to find out.

Upper limb splints need to do more than provide support they also need to work within everyday life.A splint has to work...
17/03/2026

Upper limb splints need to do more than provide support they also need to work within everyday life.

A splint has to work when typing at work, driving, making a brew, and carrying out the small repetitive tasks that fill everyday life. If it doesn’t allow that, it often ends up exactly where clinicians know it will…in a drawer.

That’s why our Selection Hand, Wrist & Thumb splints and SOT splint are designed differently. The focus is support where it’s clinically needed, while still allowing functional movement, so patients can continue doing the things that matter to them.

When a splint fits into someone’s life, they’re far more likely to actually wear it. And as you know, compliance changes outcomes.

If you’d like to explore the range or hear how other clinicians are using them in practice, speak to your local Allard rep.

📍 Elaine Murdoch – Business Development Manager and contact for Midlands accounts elaine.murdoch@allarduk.co.uk

📍 Julie Janeczko – Sales Rep Scotland & North England julie.janeczko@allarduk.co.uk

📍 Chris Barnes – Sales Rep Southwest & Wales chris.barnes@allarduk.co.uk

📍 Kevin Van Dort – Sales Rep Southeast England kevin.van-dort@allarduk.co.uk

📧 Ireland & Northern Ireland: customerservice@allarduk.co.uk

Great to spend time last week with therapists from across North Wales for an upper limb training session.Organised by ou...
16/03/2026

Great to spend time last week with therapists from across North Wales for an upper limb training session.

Organised by our Territory Manager for Wales, Chris Barnes, the session brought clinicians together to explore the practical realities of upper limb splinting in everyday clinical practice.

Our Clinical Specialist, Lydia Dean, led a hands-on session focusing on the clinical reasoning behind splinting, using our prefabricated Selection and SOT splint ranges. The group worked through practical fitting considerations and real clinical scenarios, discussing the small adjustments that can make a big difference to patient outcomes.

Training days like these are always valuable not just for the learning, but for the opportunity to share experiences, compare approaches, and discuss the challenges clinicians face in practice.

A big thank you to everyone who attended, and a special thanks to Rayna Beckett for helping organise the day.

👉 If your team would benefit from an in-house upper limb splinting training session, contact your local rep.

When splinting interrupts natural motion, it shows up in comfort, compliance, and outcomes. That’s why our upper limb ra...
04/03/2026

When splinting interrupts natural motion, it shows up in comfort, compliance, and outcomes. That’s why our upper limb range
is designed to follow the body’s mechanics, supporting alignment and function without shutting movement down.

Our Upper Limb Clinical Specialist, Lydia, brings over 45 years of hands-on splinting experience into training sessions and case discussions helping your team work through real presentations, tricky fits, and those borderline decisions that never feel textbook.

If you’re navigating recurring upper limb challenges and want support that respects both movement and clinical nuance, we’re
always happy to be part of that conversation.

👉 Comment UPPER LIMB if your team would benefit from in-house training or targeted clinical support around splinting and
upper limb presentations.

The Boston Brace System isn’t a new solution and that’s exactly why it works. It’s the original, evidence-led, non-opera...
03/03/2026

The Boston Brace System isn’t a new solution and that’s exactly why it works. It’s the original, evidence-led, non-operative treatment for idiopathic scoliosis, developed in the 1970s and continuously refined ever since. A system built on decades of clinical learning, iteration, and outcomes.

When used as intended, the Boston Brace isn’t just something you fit, it’s something you work with. It supports clinical reasoning, consistency across services, and better long-term outcomes for anyone navigating idiopathic scoliosis.

If you’re involved in scoliosis management and would value a refresher on the Boston Brace System, comment ‘BOSTON’
below and we’ll send you our FREE online training to revisit the principles that continue to shape non-operative scoliosis care
today.

Back where the next generation of orthotists are being shapedIt was brilliant to be back at the National Centre for Pros...
02/03/2026

Back where the next generation of orthotists are being shaped
It was brilliant to be back at the National Centre for Prosthetics & Orthotics at the University of Strathclyde, spending time
with final-year and MSc students who’ll soon be out in clinics making real-world decisions for real patients.

Tony (our Clinical Specialist) delivered hands-on training on the Boston Scoliosis Brace, covering measuring, Blueprint, and the
practical detail that only really clicks when you see it in action. The room was full of sharp questions and really good
discussion.

Big thank you to Alana Stevenson for inviting us in and creating the space for such an open, engaged session. Looking forward
to working together more and supporting these future clinicians as they step into practice.

Before prescribing a Carbon Fibre AFO are you asking yourself: 📆What will success look like at 6–12 months (beyond the f...
25/02/2026

Before prescribing a Carbon Fibre AFO are you asking yourself:
📆What will success look like at 6–12 months (beyond the fitting)?

Success might be:

✅Less energy cost
✅Fewer falls
✅More walking distance
✅Less knee pain
✅Better community ambulation
✅Or: brace no longer needed

Failure often looks like:

❌Progressive dependence
❌Proximal weakness
❌New knee or hip pain
❌Worse unbraced gait
❌Loss of adaptability

Allard AFO’s are not temporary training devices. They reshape loading patterns, change tissue demands and change what the nervous system practices!

👉 Explore our CFAFO range if you want devices designed to support long-term function, not just short-term gait gains.

Before prescribing a Carbon Fibre AFO are you asking yourself: 🦵How will this intervention influence motor strategy long...
18/02/2026

Before prescribing a Carbon Fibre AFO are you asking yourself:
🦵How will this intervention influence motor strategy long-term?
Allard Carbon Fiber AFOs:

🔹Change ankle power generation demands
🔹Change knee loading strategy
🔹Often offload plantarflexors
🔹Sometimes reduce active dorsiflexor drive
🔻Can lock in a compensatory pattern if misused

Examples:
🧠Post-stroke patient: are you supporting recovery or cementing a brace-dependency?
🧠CP or long-term neuro: are you optimizing efficiency or removing necessary challenge?
🧠MS / neurodegenerative: are you preserving capacity or trading it for short-term function?

If you never ask this question, you are not doing rehab you are doing compensation.

👉 Comment FOOT DROP below if you would like to join us at our gait seminars and get a deeper clinical reasoning around long-term AFO decision-making.

We recently brought the Allard UK sales team together for our annual meeting to reflect on 2025 and align on what’s ahea...
16/02/2026

We recently brought the Allard UK sales team together for our annual meeting to reflect on 2025 and align on what’s ahead for 2026...

It was a great chance to reconnect (in person for once), and set our focus for this year, with lots of training, education, and conferences
already in the diary for the year ahead.

We also loved having colleagues from Allard Sweden, with Peter Allard joining us via Teams.

We’re excited, aligned, and ready for what’s coming next. Lot’s for you to get involved in this year, keep your eye’s peeled for more updates.

Days like this are exactly why we love getting out of the office and into clinics.We recently spent the day at the Lothi...
12/02/2026

Days like this are exactly why we love getting out of the office and into clinics.

We recently spent the day at the Lothian Hand Therapy Day, joining 15 therapists from St John’s Hospital Livingston, the Royal
Infirmary of Edinburgh, and the Western General Hospital.

A huge thank you to Iona Hamilton, Andrew Baxter, and Julie Jones for inviting us along and for putting together such a
valuable day.

It was great to meet the team, share clinical discussion, and demonstrate our Upper Limb Splint range. (Julie was particularly a
fan of the ice breaker).

Most of all, it was fantastic to hear about the impact the Lothian teams are having with their patients. The level of care,
creativity, and commitment in the room was inspiring.

Thanks for such a warm welcome, we loved being part of it.

A weekend well spent for the Allard UK team. We had a fantastic time at the FORTH Conference with Peacocks Medical Group...
11/02/2026

A weekend well spent for the Allard UK team. We had a fantastic time at the FORTH Conference with Peacocks Medical Group,
a brilliant event dedicated to education and awareness around Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a condition that still doesn’t get
the attention it deserves.

A huge thank you to the Peacocks team, and especially Helen McCormack, for inviting us and organising such a thoughtfully
put-together day with over 120 attendees in the room.

Foot drop is one of the most common presentations in CMT, so it was great to introduce clinicians to our Carbon Fibre AFO
range and more importantly, to talk about why they’re designed the way they are. These devices don’t just support movement,
they’re built to follow the body’s natural mechanics, helping people move more efficiently and live their lives with confidence.

A packed room, great conversations, and a shared focus on better outcomes. All round a really good day at !!

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