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Todd DeWees, MHA, CPO, manager, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Oregon, recently treated two young boys with proximal femoral focal deficiency...

Communication between healthcare providers and patients or caretakers is the foundation of effective clinical care. Information exchanged during initial evaluations...

As an O&P clinician, I was highly motivated by the challenge of designing devices that worked, not in replacement of,...

Over the last decade or so, microprocessor-controlled knees (MPKs) have been considered the gold standard for people with transfemoral amputations....

As someone with bilateral transtibial amputations, Jeffrey Cain, MD, knows firsthand what’s at stake when his prosthetist assigns him a...

A recent encounter with a patient began with a hushed warning from the administrative staff that this patient was difficult....

O&P clinicians’ passion for the profession lies in patient care and innovative solutions, not in navigating complex documentation, shifting reimbursement...

Despite widespread opposition from multiple O&P stakeholders, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pressing forward with another...

Axel Bueckert/stock.adobe.com The 2008 movie Kung Fu Panda tells the story of a young panda named Po who is obsessed...

In July 2025, the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE) introduced significant changes to O&P residency requirements, marking...