I'm not a people person. I've always preferred the quiet companionship of a room full of tools, but children are...

For five weeks this summer, we were lucky enough to have an intern from one of the O&P technical education...

Not all of my ideas are good ones, and neither are yours, but you know what? That's not necessarily a...

Remember TPE (thermoplastic elastomer)? I first heard about it when I read an article in 1990 by Ron Sutton, BSE,...

There are a lot of theories about how people learn. For example, some educators believe that there are three different...

The phrase "work your magic" is both a compliment and a curse. On one hand, it is a tremendous vote...

It's been said that America's favorite color is shiny, and I agree. Pre-preg is great. Really, it's a wonderful material—high...

In the early days of my career, plastic braces were the wave of the future, and conventional metal orthoses were...

When I started out as an orthotic technician more than 25 years ago, I was taught to always flatten the...

Whether I like working on a certain task or not is directly related to how cool the tools are. If...