Earning a master’s degree is a critical step in the journey to becoming a certified orthotist or prosthetist. Once a...
Read moreMany bracing specialists find it very challenging to provide contracture management orthoses to patients with significant limb spasticity. At the...
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor (DME MAC) medical directors...
Read moreWhen Jill Petkash, CTPO, started working at the University of Michigan Orthotics and Prosthetics Center (UMOPC) about 25 years ago,...
Read moreProfessional Encroachment is generally regarded as a real threat by orthotists and prosthetists. The thought that other allied healthcare professionals...
Read moreOver the last two decades or so, healthcare has faced technological changes and digital advances, personalized medicine, electronic medical records,...
Read morepeopleimages.com/stock.adobe.com Orthotists and pedorthists know well the challenges their patients with diabetes face. Providing diabetic foot care for these patients...
Read moreAmerican Pet Products Association research shows that more than 60 percent of US households own a pet; and like humans,...
Read moreEven though women make up just 35 percent of the limb-loss community, their needs and desires deserve to be addressed.1...
Read moreAs the United States emerged from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quickly...
Read moreEmbla Medical posted its interim first quarter (1Q) results during a conference call on April 23. Highlights included: Sales amounted...
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