<img style="float: right;" src="https://opedge.com/Content/OldArticles/images/2008-04_01/4-1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /> <b>This was my mother's mantra</b> when I was growing up and expressing my frustration at always being smaller than other kids my age. Of course as a child, her words of encouragement didn't mean a lot to me, but as I read through the pages of this month's issue of <i>The O&P EDGE, </i>those words certainly resonate. In this issue, we focus on the smallest O&P patients-but we do so in a big way. To fit or not to fit? This is the question that Miki Fairley addresses in " <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_12.asp">Early Prosthetic Fitting-Yes or No?</a>." Popeye the Sailor gave the world a greater appreciation of the benefits of spinach, but Brady Delander discusses<a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_13.asp"> something even better </a>for the younger set. Looking for advice on <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_15.asp">ankle-foot bracing for young athletes </a>or advice on <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_16.asp">encouraging compliance for young orthosis wearers </a>? We have you covered. This issue also takes a look at one of the <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_16.asp">latest advances in pediatric hyperextension knee orthoses </a>and provides <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_14.asp">resources for you to recommend to your pediatric patients and their parents</a> . Please let us know what you think of this month's issue. Call me at 303.255.0843 or send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:karen@opedge.com">karen@opedge.com</a> <div style="background-color: #efefef;"> <div style="background-color: #efefef; margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 8px;"> <h3>Answering the Call</h3> <b>Do you remember the moment</b> when you discovered your professional calling? How your excitement and interest grew the more you learned and interacted with your patients and professionals in your community? How everything just seemed to click and you realized you were finally where you belong? How you couldnt wait to tell everyone you knew about your commitment to helping others? For some it comes as an epiphany, while for others it is a gradual realization over a number of years. Why not share your passion and knowledge with fellow readers of <i>The O&P EDGE?</i> If you have conducted a research or clinical study, have a unique and successful management style or business modelwhatever you are passionate about and would like to share with your orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic colleagues- <i>The O&P EDGE</i> would like to hear about it. We welcome your submissions of articles, abstracts, and ideas to contribute to the ongoing professional advancement of the O&P profession. Send your submissions to <a href="mailto:press@opedge.com">press@opedge.com</a> </div> </div>
<img style="float: right;" src="https://opedge.com/Content/OldArticles/images/2008-04_01/4-1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /> <b>This was my mother's mantra</b> when I was growing up and expressing my frustration at always being smaller than other kids my age. Of course as a child, her words of encouragement didn't mean a lot to me, but as I read through the pages of this month's issue of <i>The O&P EDGE, </i>those words certainly resonate. In this issue, we focus on the smallest O&P patients-but we do so in a big way. To fit or not to fit? This is the question that Miki Fairley addresses in " <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_12.asp">Early Prosthetic Fitting-Yes or No?</a>." Popeye the Sailor gave the world a greater appreciation of the benefits of spinach, but Brady Delander discusses<a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_13.asp"> something even better </a>for the younger set. Looking for advice on <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_15.asp">ankle-foot bracing for young athletes </a>or advice on <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_16.asp">encouraging compliance for young orthosis wearers </a>? We have you covered. This issue also takes a look at one of the <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_16.asp">latest advances in pediatric hyperextension knee orthoses </a>and provides <a href="edge/issues/articles/2008-04_14.asp">resources for you to recommend to your pediatric patients and their parents</a> . Please let us know what you think of this month's issue. Call me at 303.255.0843 or send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:karen@opedge.com">karen@opedge.com</a> <div style="background-color: #efefef;"> <div style="background-color: #efefef; margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 8px;"> <h3>Answering the Call</h3> <b>Do you remember the moment</b> when you discovered your professional calling? How your excitement and interest grew the more you learned and interacted with your patients and professionals in your community? How everything just seemed to click and you realized you were finally where you belong? How you couldnt wait to tell everyone you knew about your commitment to helping others? For some it comes as an epiphany, while for others it is a gradual realization over a number of years. Why not share your passion and knowledge with fellow readers of <i>The O&P EDGE?</i> If you have conducted a research or clinical study, have a unique and successful management style or business modelwhatever you are passionate about and would like to share with your orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic colleagues- <i>The O&P EDGE</i> would like to hear about it. We welcome your submissions of articles, abstracts, and ideas to contribute to the ongoing professional advancement of the O&P profession. Send your submissions to <a href="mailto:press@opedge.com">press@opedge.com</a> </div> </div>