Looking Back, Looking Ahead

For the final installment of our anniversary column, we researched what news and feature articles from The O&P EDGE received the most views on oandp.com. To add a little spice,...

If there is one thing that it seems everyone in the orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic professions can agree on, it's that the industry is continually changing. With increasing documentation requirements...

Prosthetic and orthotic technician Steven Cielinski works with a socket in the lamination room. Photographs courtesy of UMOPC. From its beginnings in the old surgical building on the University of...

In the early 1900s, there weren't a lot of regulations in place to protect the safety of U.S industrial workers, and terminal devices for upper-limb prostheses were somewhat limited. This...

Most people would probably agree that starting a business is no small undertaking. According to a 2011 fact sheet produced by the U.S. Small Business Administration, only 34 percent of...

For more than 3,000 years, O&P devices have been enabling individuals to live fuller lives, and for the past ten years, The O&P EDGE has provided valuable, in-depth industry information for prosthetists,...

Don Cummings. Photograph courtesy of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Small patients sometimes have big needs. Two facilities renowned for their specialized pediatric care are Texas Scottish Rite Hospital...

What began as an idea by an engineering professor to create an advanced education program in prosthetics and orthotics at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, was later...

Afghanistan: (Photograph courtesy of Hanger P&O.) Whether it's landmines in war-torn Afghanistan, hurricanes in the U.S. Gulf Coast, or an earthquake in Haiti, when tragedy strikes, the O&P community responds...

In honor of our tenth anniversary, we are pleased to present Looking Back, Looking Ahead, a celebration of the past, the present, and the future—not only for The O&P EDGE,...