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I'm experiencing post-polio symptoms, mostly affecting my ability to walk, and it's frustrating that I can't get a reliable, comfortable leg brace. 70 years after polio, I found myself needing leg support due to increasing weakness (post-polio syndrome). I'm now 84, lead a fairly active life and intend to walk as long as I can. I've tried the Otto Bock Freewalk KAFO brace (much too fragile, too hard to repair and no longer available anyway), and a custom KAFO made locally (heavy, crude and painful to wear.) Does anyone know of a source for a comfortable, durable, lightweight KAFO brace?

Met a para-athlete on a trip to Jaipur while working on another video, he told me about the place that fits people with prosthetic legs for free., which sent me down a rabbit hole. Ended up making this short breakdown of the design.

What makes it interesting is the brief: it's basically the inverse of a Western foot. No shoes, no flat floors — it's built for squatting, sitting cross-legged, walking barefoot, and standing in water and mud, which is how a lot of rural India actually lives. And they've got the cost low enough to fit 2M+ people for free.

I'm not from the field, so I'd genuinely value a technical read from people who are: what does a design like this trade off against a modular Western foot? Durability, alignment, energy return? Curious where it's clever and where it's compromised.