Push Med Ankle Brace Aequi Flex – New Version

The next generation of the popular Aequi Flex, a favorite amongst medical professionals worldwide since 1998, features an optimized fit, unparalleled stability, and even greater comfort. The new design offers both injury protection and adjustable compression, allowing you to maintain your natural gait and keeps you moving throughout your day.

The Push Med Aequi Flex provides stability to the ankle joint during the functional treatment of (sub-) acute ankle injuries. With the Flex-protect system, consisting of a medial shell and mediolateral anchor strap, the patient can recover safely and comfortably. The closed loop of shell and strap offers inversion control and compression at the same time. According to the needs of the patient, compression can be adjusted by tightening or slackening the elastic straps.

Improved In Every Way

Meet the new Push med Ankle Brace Aequi Flex featuring an optimized fit, Aequi stability and supreme comfort.
Replacing the original Aequi Flex in our range, this innovative update is available alongside the Push ortho Aequi, so offering doctors a choice of treatment options.
With the launch of the new Aequi Flex, we are entering a new era for the Aequi range – a favourite with the medical profession since its launch in 1998.

Flex-protect: Aequi concept in a new form

The Aequi concept, with its medial shell and mediolateral anchor strap has been a great success for many years. Now the new Push Aequi Flex takes the original supportive-yet-comfortable concept and enhances it in a new and innovative way. We call it the Flex-protect system.

The medial reinforcement is redesigned, featuring a shell that is rigid in the centre with increased flexibility towards the edges. The shell encloses the lower leg, ankle and heel and has a recess for the malleolus.

At the front, the brace’s diagonal strap system anchors the foot in the shell. The closed loop of shell and strap offers inversion control and compression at the same time.

All New Shell

The new Flex-protect shell offers stability and flexibility in one. A Push design using sophisticated 3D techniques, the shell has a rigid core that is shaped to allow plantar flexion. Employing varying layers of soft and hard materials, the shell becomes increasingly flexible towards the edges so it conforms beautifully to the anatomy of every user.

New Functional Strap System

A second innovation resulted in the strap system, combining the diagonal strap with an extra element of compression at the lateral side of the ankle.

At the front, the brace’s diagonal strap system anchors the foot in the shell. The strap consists of an elastic and a non-elastic part, which are integrated in a low volume surface, offering inversion stability and compression at the same time.

This completes the Flex-protect innovation: solid protection and flexibility for comfort.

The Compressive Straps

Stabilization of the ankle is completed by compressive straps. Push Aequi Flex offers well-distributed compression to the foot and ankle, with two figure-of-8 elastic straps. According to the needs of the patient, you can adjust the compression by tightening or slackening the elastic straps. The silicone lining ensures a solid closure, which remains in place throughout the day.

Unrivalled stability

By employing the Push Aequi Flex ankle brace as part of a treatment plan, a patient can achieve full weight-bearing at an early stage while being able to count on optimal stability.

This stability has been proven in tests of the new Push Aequi Flex versus the leading alternatives. An advanced testing system, designed by the Fraunhofer Institute*, indicated that, despite the added comfort, the degree of actual physical stabilization offered by the new Aequi Flex matches that of its predecessor. For stability, Aequi remains the state-of-the-art ankle bracing. But now with even more comfort.

Features and Benefits

• Fits easily into shoe
• The brace can be washed at up to 30°C on a delicate wash or by hand. Do not use any bleaching agents. The brace may be lightly spun: then hang the brace up to dry in the open air (not near a heater or in a tumble dryer)
• The hook and loop fasteners are marked with symbols. These help you to close the fasteners in the right order
• The shell has a rigid core that is shaped to allow plantar flexion
• The shell becomes increasingly flexible towards the edges so it conforms beautifully to the anatomy of every user

Indications For Use

• Acute lateral ankle sprain
• Follow-up treatment of ankle fractures treated conservatively or surgically
• Moderate to severe instability
• Moderate to severe osteoarthritis
• Secondary prevention of ankle sprain

Sizing Chart

The PUSH Med Ankle Brace Aequi Flex fits both the left and right ankle.

Size	Ankle / Heel Circumference (cm) – See Diagram Below
1 (Small)	27 – 31 cm
2 (Medium)	31 – 34 cm
3 (Large)	34 – 40 cm

Measurement: Measure around the heel as shown, in centimeters   If you are at the top of one sizing group, we recommend you select the next sizing up.

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