Orthos

by Daniel Kirk

Elbow Configuration for a Basketballer suffering from Lateral Epicondylitis

Knee Configuration for a Footballer suffering a knee contusion

Orthos component Exploded Render (Strap, Saddle, Anchor, Ring)

Project Description

Orthos is a modular sports brace that addresses the need for sports strapping for injury prevention through a modular, customisable design that can be self-applied. Through a critical rethinking of traditional sports braces, Orthos was produced as a single brace that can address most musculoskeletal sports injuries.

Designed to cater for an active lifestyle, Orthos has parallels to the modularity of strapping tape without the accompanying painful and wasteful experience. It utilises four main components to shift or alter its form which allows it to address a plethora of injuries. Recreational athletes purchase multiple sports braces throughout their sporting career at high cost. Orthos is designed to cater for common injuries without needing to be replaced many times.

Orthos detail depicting interconnectivity between Saddle and Anchor

Orthos detail depicting interconnectivity between Anchor and Ring

Bio

Daniel Kirk is a Sydney, Northern-Beaches based transdisciplinary designer with a passion for aesthetic and functional usability. He uses his education to work with products that enhance the quality of a physical and active lifestyle. He enjoys creating products that can influence how someone conducts their everyday routine, through his skills of sketching, hand modeling and CAD.

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