2018 Hanger Education Fair Draws More Than 1,100
More than 1,100 Hanger employees from across the country, including over 900 clinicians and therapists, attended the 2018 Education Fair...
Academy Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium: Share, Inspire, Grow Together
More than 1,600 people attended the 2018 National Meeting of the American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics (the Academy)...
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Releases Evidence-based Guidelines for the Treatment of Pediatric Positional Plagiocephaly
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) describes itself as "the leader in education and innovation, dedicated to advancing neurosurgery." Its...
Forging an Amputee Rehabilitation Clinic
I emphasize my background and training in gait analysis in my practice as a physical therapist and as an educator...
Friddle’s Vacuum Pump Overhaul
Imagine you have plastic in the oven, about to come out, and you hear the vacuum pump make a...
Lilly Biagini: Attitude Determines Altitude
While many six year olds are still deciding which letter comes next in the alphabet, Lilly Biagini was focused on...
One Size Does Not Fit All
O&P professionals generally place a great deal of emphasis on the customized nature of the devices and services they...
Patient, Client, or Customer: What Should We Call the People We Work With?
In 1981, The O&P Almanac published an article by John Sabolich, CPO, titled "Professionalism Or What?" in which he challenged...
Updated Evidence on the Efficacy of AFOs in Children With Cerebral Palsy: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
When people in O&P think of pediatric AFOs, they likely also think of cerebral palsy (CP). As summarized in the...