Orthotic brace and clip attachment mechanism and orthotic spring tensioner

A spring tensioner, comprising:

• an outer insert housing having a center aperture, a stop peg, and a slot within an interior portion of the outer insert housing;
• an inner insert housing comprising a center post configured to fit within and rotate within the center aperture of the outer insert housing, a slot, and two stop surfaces adjacent the post;
• a coil spring with a first end and a second end, the first end of the coil spring disposed within the slot in the outer insert cover and the second end of the coil spring disposed within the slot in the inner insert housing;
• wherein the inner insert housing is configured to rotate within the outer insert housing and wherein the stop peg of the outer insert housing is urged against a first of the two stop surfaces by the coil spring when the spring tensioner is in a default state, and wherein the peg is urged against a second of the two stop surfaces when a user twists the spring tensioner overcoming the coil force of the coil spring,
• a first flange surface on the outer insert housing;
• a second flange surface on the inner insert housing and facing an opposite direction from the first flange surface;
• and
• wherein the first flange surface and the second flange surface are configured to operably couple with third and fourth flange surfaces on an orthotic device to provide opposing forces on the reversible tensioning device.