Thursday, February 5, 2009

Patterns, Colors and Fashion for your Body Brace



Have you ever considered Patterns, Colors and Fashion for your Body Brace? Well you should! Remember the number one rule if you need to wear a back , neck or body brace. Be able to enjoy it. Give in, you are going to have to wear it most likely for some time to lean to be able to go out and enjoy life in your brace and most of all be will and able to have fun with others, and yourself and be able to express and laugh at yourself.

Part of that enjoyment is self expression and yes that can be done with your brace. Particularly if your are wearing a clamshell or molded type brace. Orthomerica has a line of transfer and other products (colors and patterns that can be made a part of your brace as part of the manufacturing process or other products that can be transferred or adder onto your brace after it is manufactured. Be sure to ask your ortodist about Orthomerica and their colorful products. Some of their patterns include the following:

Block Animals, Butterflies Purple, Butterflies Blue, Blue Snake Skin, Dark Sky, Butterflies 1, Stars, Fly'n Drive Blue, Fly'n Drive White, Jumbo, Jungle Animals, Little Bears Blue, Camouflage Brown, Camouflage Pink, Martians, Multi-Color, Sweetheart, Ocean, Optic Illusion, Bunnies Pink & Purple, Bunnies Blue & Green, Raindrops, Soccer, Dalmatians, Ice Age 2, Puppy, Sunflowers, Blue Jean, Tornado, US Flag, and Zulu.

Colors include: Light Pink, Light Blue, Dark Blue, and Yellow. Straps can be made to match the chosen pattern, There are also a whole host of separate colors for straps, foam, and cartoon characters and sports transfers to numerous to list here.

Go check out Orthomerica at http://www.orthomerica.com (copy and paste in your browser)or download their pdf catalog of patterns, colors and figures at
http://www.orthomerica.com/pdf/transferguide.pdf (copy and paste in your browser)
and on your next visit to your health care provider or orthodist ask them if they can color up your brace!

Pictured at the top of this post is a picture of the Tornado Pattern on a my Clamshell TLSO and another brace. Of to the right is a video of me putting on my Clamshell CTLSO full Body Chin to Hips Brace. I will write more about this brace later and how I came to wear it and how well it works but for now I am just showing it as how much fun you can have with a brace if you need one and how colorful a brace can be.

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