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When ordering large quantities of our Fast Fit orthoses, consider using our new bulk order forms. Available forms include HotDog, PattiBob, Chipmunk, and JumpStart (Cricket, Leap Frog, Bunny, and Kangaroo). You’ll find them with the rest of our order forms on the Order Forms page. And like our other forms, they can be filled out [...]

We are no longer offering the Tapestry trim pattern for instep straps due to our supplier’s discontinuation. Go to our Colors and Patterns section for a listing of our current trim offerings, as well as strap and foam colors and transfer patterns. Practitioners, please be sure to also update your Flipper by simply removing the [...]

To help keep you informed of our latest order form updates, we’ve created a new Order Form Change Log. This online list contains an archived summary of our major form changes, organized by date—beginning December 2011. Every time we issue an order form change, a note will be made on this page, as well as [...]

In its Fall 2011 issue, Play to Podium Magazine features an article about the growing trend and variety of design options to help kids personalize their orthoses and prostheses—“Tats for Tots and Teens | Prosthetic and Orthotic Art for Kids.” The article includes an interview with Loretta Sheldon, COA, CFo, and Director of Business Development [...]

Cascade Dafo, Inc. will be closed Monday, Dec.26 and Monday, Jan.02 in celebration of the holidays. Every effort will be taken to ship as many orders as possible before these dates. We would like to thank you for your support and business during the past year. We hope you enjoy this holiday season with your [...]

Cascade Dafo, Inc. will be closed Nov. 24–25 (Thurs–Fri) in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. We sincerely thank you for your support and business during the past year. We hope you enjoy this holiday season with your family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving!

The Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics recently published a research article pertaining to children with hypotonia and flat feet—featuring our Fast Fit® HotDog® shoe insert: ————————————————————————————— Ross C.G., and Shore S. The effect of gross motor therapy and orthotic intervention in children with hypotonia and flexible flatfeet. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 23(3): 149-154 (2011; [...]

Welcome to the newest member of our Fast Fit family: the Chipmunk. This ortho-engineered solution is a step forward in comfortable realignment and maximum stability of the moderately-pronated pediatric foot. Its advanced design offers separate internal alignment and external stability—allowing each of these components to function well without compromise. For such a low profile, this [...]

We have a new video in our —Dorothy Before & After: Swing Phase Inconsistency. This video highlights an adult patient achieving better balance and a steadier gait with the assistance of custom DAFOs. Check out her video page for more information and to see the video.

In need of a quick brush up on anatomy terms? Visit the for two new videos —Terms of Position and Bones of the Foot. These anatomy reviews include illustrations and narration, and they make great refreshers before participating in one of our or online . Looking for just one specific anatomy definition? Check out our [...]

We would like the opportunity to work with you in providing affordable orthotic solutions for your birth-to-five population. Our prefabricated devices, Fast Fit, are a low-cost alternative to custom bracing. A great solution for Early Intervention, these orthoses provide a continuous progression from minimal to moderate levels of support—offering a balanced foot position for increased [...]

The Fast Fit Guide to Brace Selection is a new document that replaces our previous Fast Fit Brochure and Fast Fit Product Selection Guide. This streamlined document is designed to help you determine brace selection for our prefabricated orthoses, Fast Fit, based on patient presentation—parallel to the . General information about the product line is [...]

We have recently introduced new to compliment our current . Each course is made up of multiple lessons, and each lesson takes approximately one hour to complete. They include instructor narration, video demonstration, illustrations, links to additional information, and interactive learning reinforcement. include: •    Assessing Pediatric Patients for Dynamics Lower Extremity Orthoses (ABC in O&P [...]

We are no longer offering the Trees trim pattern for instep straps due to our supplier’s discontinuation. Go to our section for a listing of our current trim offerings, as well as strap and foam colors and transfer patterns.

We’re happy to announce Jenny Klinskidorn in a brand new role at Cascade Dafo: Northwest Regional Representative. If you’re a current Cascade Dafo customer in Oregon or Washington, look for Jenny to call on your facility in the near future—providing you with one-on-one service, tips about product improvements, and general DAFO information. New to Cascade [...]

Practitioners at our sister company, Cascade Prosthetics and Orthotics, find our Brace Planning Sheets to be an invaluable tool in clinical planning and brace selection. Now they’re available for you to use in your practice. These sheets help you get organized and act as a handy template for your clinical/SOAP notes. Download it here.

Our for ordering now list available transfer patterns. Simply choose the pattern you want. You can see the transfer patterns we have available within the section of our website.

The Wildflowers strap trim pattern has been discontinued by the manufacturer. You can see the trim patterns we have available within the section of our website.

To further help you provide the best bracing solutions for your patients, we’ve updated our warranty for custom DAFOs and prefabricated Fast Fit orthoses from a limited to a full (90-Day) warranty. What does this mean for you? Cascade now covers the cost of shipping your brace back to us for a redo or adjustment. [...]

Trim colors/patterns, foam choices, and now transfers chosen by the patient are great tools to personalize their brace. Our flipper is a handy set of samples of all these choices. Such choices also help considerably with patient compliance. We’ve redone the flippers to include our new transfers. If you’d like one, please request it (free) [...]

With continuous product upgrades, our order forms must be up-to-the-minute current. To order the latest improvements, please recycle your old, outdated printed order forms and get new ones online at www.cascadedafo.com/orderforms. You can download just the form(s) you use or download an entire master copy set. These forms work both for filling out electronically or [...]