Leg Braces

Absolutely horrifying. Something you'd expect to run in Fallout2 universe, not a hospital, even if abandoned.

I worked with a wonderful little girl not that long ago who had to wear leg/body braces that weren't too different than this in design (obviously more light weight). They weren't very comfortable, but she could go like 90 when wearing them.

My mother wore a metal leg brace because of polio. I believe somewhere there are pictures of her wearing it.

That's rather creepy looking...

Wow, it IS creepy looking at these with all the rust on them. But as Lynne said, as long as they are new and clean they really work wonders for people who need them.

I'm afraid to stare at the picture... they might start walking towards me with menacing intentions!

Run, Forest, run!

Excellent photography.

Those look scary!

it looks so sad

that's freaking creepy... looking at them sends shivers down my spine...GAH! Goosebumps...

I love how the background is blury and the foreground is sooo clear. Lighting is great too, is that natural light???

My best friend through all of grade school had to wear on of these. She had polio.

Uuh.. It makes me obviously think of Charlotte from "Fragile"..!

They look sad to me too. Very sad. They are so sad, they are leaning on each other...

Well put Tony C,Great view of the picture.

Are they standing up on their own?

They remind me of the braces that Forrest Gump was wearing in the movie of the same name...
Run Forrest run!

Those leg braces appear to be able to be attached to a set of corective shoes to. My grandfather being a Shoe Repairman, I remember from my childhood would do sole replacements on the shoes that the leg braces would attach by a couple of bolts.
Just additional info I case people were wondering

They do look very uncomfortable.

those are creepy.
very sad looking.
i feel bad for anyone who had to wear those.

This picture takes me back to the 1950's, to see my little sister (6yrs.) trying to walk again after polio, with this type of brace and corrective boots, she was a fighter!
Alas, breast cancer caught her in 1995, after a full life with 3 kids,who still keep in touch!

Wow, I guess when the patient was discharged he/she just didn't need them anymore.

To Lynne:

Kinda like Forrest Gump

if your legs are insensate they can cause terrible bone deep pressure sores which becoming infected can cause amputation and can take your life.

RUUUUNNN FOOOORREST!!

"..ya know if i think about it really really hard..i can remeber my first pair of shoes....mama said theys was my magic shoues..they could take me anywhere...."

lol sorry for the long quose but its one of my favs in my film collection

" I am looking for Sarah Connor "

Andreika-the person who wore these most likely grew out of them, or hopefully, recovered enough to not need them anymore.

reminds me of Forrest Gump!

I have worked with people with leg braces, there not metal and menacing any more there moulded to your shape in a plastic. the people wearing say there comfortable enough.

Creepy - looks like they're trying to walk on their own

omg, creepy

Remember the movie "Forest Gump" ? That reminds me of...

i have worn calipers like these for most of my life on both legs thre a pain wen ur on the toilet ha but i like them and think there sexy a hope girls do to thanks xxx

Say...Before me and my band (Birminham) get serious about recording...no i'm not gonna say, i don't want poeple stealing my ideas, i'll just tell tom so he knows that i'm not trying to monkey with his buiness. But what i'm about to do can make him rich and me rich forever. Love ya Mr.Motts xxxxx

this totally just reminded me... i think my Sister wore leg braces. I was very young when she wore them (she was a year and a half older than me!) But i distinctly remember her wearing them...

Even though I am only 20 I had these when I was very young, probably around 5. Though ugly, when in good condition they aren't as scary. It was because my hips turn inward making my feet turn inward & these help straighten the legs out.

Amanda, I also had to wear braces when i was very young, not exactly like these, but, also because my feet turned inward. The ones i wore even had a bar attached to each shoe to hold my feet out. Im glad it fixed the problem and walk fine now, hope yours did the job and you are walking good now too!

Many years ago, my best friend at school developed a problem in her right knee. I can't remember the medical term but it was a type of degenerative disease. She started to wear a knee support, but a few months later she told me, very upset, that she was going to have to wear a full leg brace. It was ugly - leather and steel - and kept both her ankle and knee straight, and she had to wear it whenever she stood up. As she had very little pain when she walked without it, being good friends, we soon hatched a pot that she would come to my house using the back enterence, take her brace off in my shed, and creep out to catch a bus to the next town. I worked for months.

Then, and I can remember this so well, she came over crying her eyes out - she had been told she would need a similar brace on her other leg. Whilst there was little or no pain an exray showed bone damage. Two weeks later she was fitted, and given under arm crutches which she know needed to walk, as she had strict instructions not to swing her legs.

Then the school said because of her disability she could no longer attend - so we began to lose contact. However, whilst she had trouble getting up stairs to my bedroom we met in hers - now on the ground floor. I knew her braces real well - I even tried them on - it was weird.

We then planned to again go out together without her wearing them as we had before. It worked real well for a couple of times, we met boys, she was very preety and it was great.

Then one evening at the bus stop her father passed in his car, came back, picked us up and gave us hell. Her for walking without her braces and me for aiding. He stopped her from coming over, I was afraid to go there and as we were now at different schools we did not meet for weeks.

Then we met in a local shop. She was in her braces and on crutches and seeming to have more trouble moving. Her mother said it was ok for me to come back with them. On the way home I knew she was having real difficulty moving and when home we went to her room and she took her dress off. Not only were both her legs in braces but now the braces were attached to a solid corset type belt. Apparently this both restricted her hip movement but also made it near impossible for her to remove her braces. Shortly afterwards her family moved and we lost touch - I often wonder how it worked out, and regret I was not a better friend.

My mother wore braces similar to this in her childhood/teen years. I've seen old photos of her with them on, and they sure look painful.
Quite a photo here, Mr. Motts.

When I was in elementary school in the 50 and 60's I saw many kids
wearing metal and leather leg braces. No one ever explained what they were for or what they did or anything and I deveoloped a fascination about braces. I figured it out eventually but never lost the curiousity. I've even bought some on EBAY and tried them on. Would not want to have to wear leg braces but they are ineresting just the same. Was a girl I remember in Ft. Worth, TX who wore an AFO with just one upright. One day during class change in the crowded hall I accidentally stepped on her heel and dislodged the brace and she had to sit on the stairs and fix it. I thought I had killed her but she said it was OK. Oddly, she would go to PE class and run and play kickball without her brace. And I still don't know why.