Launceston Orthotic Service is an Australian company founded by Prem Anandam, a practising prosthetist for 20 years. The company specialises in orthotic devices for elbow orthotics, foot and ankle orthotics, knee orthotics, spinal orthotics and wrist orthotics. Launceston Orthotic Service supplies tennis elbow strap orthotic devices for patients suffering from medical and lateral epicondylitis. Tennis elbow strapping can be applied close to the origin of insertion of the respective muscle group allowing the patient to flex the elbow as well. These tennis elbow strap orthotic devices are designed to work on the principle of unloading the forces at the origin of insertion.
Turn buckle elbow extension orthoses are custom-made upper limb orthotic devices that are recommended to patients to correct a flexion contracture at the elbow. Patients will be required to wear this orthotic device for 8 – 10 weeks. These orthotic devices will have to be worn usually during the night and sometimes during the day. Elbow extension orthoses are successful when combined with an active physiotherapy program that helps to maintain the progress made in the range of motion. These orthotic devices can also be customised for the treatment of ligament and fracture injuries of the elbow.