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My name is Curtis Mills. I served in the United States Army. I was wounded in Iraq by a roadside
bomb. It ended up paralyzing my leg from the knee down. They had to rebuild my right arm
and my spine and part of my right leg which damaged a nerve that cause pilalous from the
knee down. I had no feeling or muscle movement or control so I needed one of these AFO's
for foot drop because my foot would just hang there was no difference this was as far as
it could go. It would just hang down. So for a number of years I was litteraly dragging
my foot down and all I had were these AFO's. These were the orginal braces I was given.
Just to prevent foot drop. They are very ridged and very hard to work with and in time if
I got a little bit of movement back they we're going to do anything to help whatsoever. They
were just locking everything into place. And I just felt like it was bad enough that my
foot wouldn't work but I didn't want to lose the mobility in my ankle. And when he pulled
it out I thought it was so small and it was just designed for me to sleep in. I was so
suprised it fits good and its comfortable. I can feel the sides of my foot it fits into
a regular sneaker. I was having to get two different sizes if I wanted to wear the brace
in my sneakers and it was just difficult. And it was very uncomfortable. Wow it's a
big difference. I mean it's making my foot want to push back. It's nice. I like it a
lot. I'm pretty excited about how this feels.