Allard UK, Louth (2025)

08/10/2025

World Championship Gold in the 100m and Silver in the 200m on her senior international debut! 🥇🥈We’re beyond proud of Victoria Levitt, who’s shown the world what resilience, precision, and passion really look like.

It’s been incredible to see Victoria push limits most of us can only imagine. For her, it’s never been about what she can’t do it’s about how far, how fast, and how fiercely she can do it.

We’re honoured that our Allard AFOs could play even a small part in helping her live and move at her best.

Congratulations, Victoria, a gold that couldn’t be more deserved. 🏆💙

06/10/2025

Today is World Cerebral Palsy Day!!

CP is not a “single condition.” Every presentation is unique and every child or adult has a different goal: walking to school, joining a sports team, or moving independently through daily life.

For clinicians, that means support solutions must be just as individual. That’s why our dynamic AFOs and Elements® Lycra garments were developed: to integrate into movement, provide proprioceptive feedback, and reduce compensation patterns without shutting patients down.

For people with CP, participation in life is the real outcome. And that’s why we care. We’re proud to stand alongside the clinicians, therapists, and carers who work every day to make those outcomes possible. 💚

03/10/2025

The wrist brace that patients can actually manage on their own... Read how one Advanced Clinical Practitioner described the
SELECTION® Wrist Orthosis and why it’s become a clinic favourite.

“This has been a firm favourite with patients. It provides robust support and stabilisation of the wrist with both the dorsal and volar reinforcement, making it suitable for heavy duty support. The soft material lining is very comfortable and the splint conforms well to the hand and wrist. The clever lacing system ensures equal and close finish strapping and it's much easier to don/doff with one hand.

We have patients use these for long term use and they are providing very durable and good value for money. Easy to wash and clean.” – Megan Robson, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Occupational Therapist, Hand Therapy, Salisbury Hospital

Patients don’t just need stability they need independence. And that’s exactly what makes Megan’s feedback so powerful.

Contact your local rep to see how this orthosis can help your patients stay independent, compliant, and supported in daily life.

01/10/2025

🚨 VISIT US AT STAND 11 – APCP NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025 🚨

We’re excited to be part of the largest APCP National Conference yet with nearly 400 delegates strong! 🙌

Stop by Stand 11 to:
✨ Discover orthotic solutions designed to make a real difference to both your clinical practice and your patients’ outcomes.
📚 Learn about our educational courses, including our upcoming event:
Paediatric Gait Analysis and Management: Navigating Mobility Through Clinical Insight
📅 25 November 2025 | 📍 Watford | 💷 £20

🎁 PLUS: A chance to WIN instant prizes when you visit us.

See you there! 👋
📍 Convene Conference Centre London, 155 Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street
🗓 3–4 October 2025

29/09/2025

📢 Two upcoming Allard UK training sessions you won’t want to miss:
🔹 Unlocking Gait: Enhancing Clinical Skills in Footdrop Management
📍 Mercure Gloucester Bowden Hall Hotel
📆 Wednesday 5th November 2025
💵 £20 (includes lunch & refreshments)

🔹Paediatric Gait Seminar
📍 Leonardo Hotel, London Watford
📆 Tuesday 25th November 2025
💵 £20 (includes lunch & refreshments)

Both sessions are designed to be practical, evidence-based, and directly applicable to your caseload. Spaces always go fast secure yours today
👉 www.allarduk.co.uk/Professional/education/seminars

24/09/2025

“It’s outdated” is the biggest misconception about the Boston Brace.
While trends shift and new technologies emerge, the original Boston system remains the gold standard in non-operative treatment of idiopathic scoliosis for a reason:

🦴 Proven long-term outcomes
📏 Highly customisable via cast, scan, or measurement
⚙️ Mechanical reliability that aligns with spinal biomechanics
📚 Backed by decades of peer-reviewed evidence

Is it perfect for every patient? No. But when patient selection, pad placement, and corrective forces are applied with clinical precision, the Boston Brace is often superior.

In complex presentations, consistency, reproducibility, and trusted protocols matter.

Want to explore how to optimise your scoliosis management with Boston? Comment ‘BRACE.’

19/09/2025

Join us for a one-day multidisciplinary event designed for paediatric clinicians who want to:

✔ Refine gait analysis for developmental deviations
✔ Improve orthotic selection decisions with evidence-based criteria
✔ Gain practical strategies for enhancing functional mobility
✔ Share knowledge and connect with experts in paediatric gait

Highlights include:

🔍 Compare & contrast normal vs. abnormal gait patterns
🔍 Idiopathic toe walking management
🔍 AFO selection & patient compliance strategies
🔍 Benefits of CFAFOs & dynamic textile orthoses
🔍 Literature review + case-based discussion

🗓 Tuesday 25th November 2025 📍 Leonardo Hotel, London Watford 💷 £20 (includes lunch & refreshments)

🔗 Register now at allarduk.co.uk/education/seminars

18/09/2025

Calling all paediatric clinicians and orthotists who missed our last gait seminar... we are bringing it back this November with only 40 seats available.

This is a day of shared expertise, real case discussions, and networking with clinicians who live and breathe paediatric gait every day.

You’ll be in the room with incredible speakers:

🔹 Emma Loader – Senior Orthotist, paediatric & MSK expert
🔹 Lydia Dean – 48 years in OT & Lycra® garment integration
🔹 Tony Andrejevas – Neuro-orthotic & gait lab specialist
🔹 Florence Goodwin – Orthotist & Physiotherapist, MSc researcher

🗓 25th November 2025 | Leonardo Hotel, London Watford | £20 (includes lunch) 💬 Comment “REGISTER” to secure your seat.

17/09/2025

Gait deviations in children rarely follow a rulebook.

The interplay of neuromuscular control, skeletal development, and external influences can create clinical puzzles that demand more than standard solutions.

How confident are you in:

🔍 Differentiating subtle deviations from normal variants?
🔍 Applying evidence-based selection criteria for AFOs under real-world constraints?
🔍 Navigating compliance challenges in paediatric patients and families?

These are the questions we’ll tackle head-on this November with practical strategies, live discussions, and insights from peers who’ve been there too.

💬 Comment “PAEDIATRICS” to be first in line for full details.
🗓 25th November 2025 | London Watford

15/09/2025

“Just try harder to lift your foot.” If only it were that simple.

Foot drop isn’t laziness. It’s not something you can just “push through.” It’s a neurological issue where the message between your brain and foot gets scrambled or lost.

And no amount of focus or willpower can reconnect that signal on its own. That’s why we created ALFESS.

This discreet, wearable device sends gentle electrical impulses to the muscles responsible for lifting the foot, helping you walk smoother, safer, and with more confidence.

🦶 Reduces trips and falls
⚡Reconnects the movement signal
📱 Controlled with a remote or app
🧲 Quick to take on and off with a magnetic clasp
👣 Adapts to your walking pace in real-time

No one should feel trapped in their own body. And foot drop shouldn’t dictate how you live your life.

Want to know if ALFESSTM is right for you or a loved one?👇

Comment FOOTDROP and we’ll connect you with a local expert for a personalised assessment.

11/09/2025

📢 SAVE THE DATE and don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your clinical practice. 📢

You are invited to our Unlocking Gait: Enhancing Clinical Skills in Footdrop Management seminar.

This one-day event goes beyond theory to give you practical strategies you can apply the very next day in clinic. Through evidence-based teaching, interactive demonstrations, and real case reviews, you’ll learn how to:

✔ Refine your gait assessment techniques for neurological cases
✔ Strengthen your clinical reasoning for orthotic selection & prescription
✔ Improve patient outcomes with functional, evidence-driven approaches

Topics include: Biomechanics of gait, chain reactions, muscle function, and orthotic integration for conditions like stroke, MS, TBI, and spinal cord injuries.

🗓 Date: 5th November 2025
📍 Mercure Gloucester Bowden Hall Hotel
💷 £20 (includes lunch & refreshments)

Comment CPD to register and secure your space.

10/09/2025

Our sell-out Unlocking Gait seminar is back and this time, it’s completely upgraded.

More insight and even more skills you can use in clinic the very next day.

What’s new (and why it matters):

✅ Next-level content – Including biomechanics and gait analysis techniques
✅ New real-world cases – Practical solutions to challenges you face every day in clinic
✅ Special Guest: Tom Ramsey – NHS Clinical Lead Orthotist sharing CFAFO strategies and lessons from the field
✅ More hands-on interaction – To boost your confidence in assessment & prescription

But don’t just take our word for it, here’s what attendees said at the old, gait seminar, earlier this year:

“Fantastic education event, speakers were fantastic. Very knowledgeable and interactive.”

“Gained a lot from the gait course, right amount of depth & information. Patient gait analysis was so useful.”

“Really informative ... given me ideas to put into practice straight away.”

This event has sold out every single time, and this one is bigger, better, and guaranteed to transform your approach.

🗓 5th November 2025 | Gloucester | £20 (includes lunch & refreshments)

💬 Comment “REGISTER” below to be first in line for your seat... they won’t last.

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