Sister Kenny: Confronting the Conventional in Polio Treatment
It is hard to imagine now, in the post-vaccine era, the panic that gripped the United States as waves of polio epidemics swept through the country, peaking in 1952 with...
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Complementary Care: Athletic and Fitness Training in O&P
Working with athletic or fitness trainers-or attaining these credentials yourself- as a part of your approach to comprehensive patient care can help improve patient outcomes. Dan Minert, MS, CO, ATC,...
Read morePioneering Surgery Spurs New Occupational Therapy Techniques
The groundbreaking targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) surgical technique developed by Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), Illinois, requires pioneering occupational therapy treatment to enable these...
Read moreDiabetes Education: Meeting the Challenge for Your Patients
Diabetes is a disease that can be controlled-or greatly exacerbated-by a patient's overall lifestyle. It's a disease that calls strongly for healthcare professionals to look at the "whole person," not...
Read moreCan Case Managers Make Your Life Easier?
In today's fragmented healthcare environment, a case manager can play a pivotal role-one that affects you, the orthotist/prosthetist. But what exactly is the role of a case manager? For whom...
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