Friddle’s Vacuum Pump Overhaul
Imagine you have plastic in the oven, about to come out, and you hear the vacuum pump make a...
Imagine you have plastic in the oven, about to come out, and you hear the vacuum pump make a...
Figure 1. I treated a patient with cerebral palsy during his physical therapy appointment. He had extreme wrist flexion contractures,...
A patient who has a transmetatarsal amputation and severe inversion supination on the affected foot came into the office for...
If you make double upright orthoses, a light box is a must. If you don't have a light box, or...
This year, my wife and I decided it was time for a change of scenery. So, when I was hired by...
After fitting a patient with a new prosthesis, do people say to him or her, "Hey, that leg is awesome....
If the facility at which you work is like most others, it probably owns multiple cast saws and there are...
There are a lot of different interfaces for prostheses, ranging from the classic Pelite liner to gel liners to flexible...
You may have seen commercials advertising gel or "custom" insoles on television. Those inserts are a good solution for many...
Injection molding, resin casting, milling, lathing, and other procedures may be used when fabricating O&P devices and components. But what...
The Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research is accepting applications for its new microgrant program. The deadline to...
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