Academy Society Spotlight

Over the past several years, the O&P profession has had its share of legislative battles; some were won, others lost,...

Cranial deformation (CD) is a distortion of the head shape resulting from mechanical forces that occur prenatally and postnatally.1 Prenatal...

Arguably the most important part of a prosthesis is the socket. For many prosthetists, it is where the most care...

Photograph courtesy of Dreaming and Working Together. A characteristic shown by many O&P professionals is humanitarianism. A humanitarian as defined...

As clinicians, we are well aware of the advantages of a team approach to prosthetic rehabilitation. In school we are...

While fitting hundreds of cranial remolding orthoses a year, I have encountered confounding problems that are more time-consuming to address...

Prosthetists and orthotists are responsible for treating the musculoskeletal dysfunction of their patients, although these conditions and disorders commonly involve...

Pedorthists like to maintain that good health starts from the ground up, and it is widely appreciated that foot health...

  Payers and other key stakeholders are increasingly expecting more evidence to support and justify healthcare decisions. Evidence-based practice is...

  A few months ago, I treated a bright and mature 12-year-old girl with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). She and...