As an American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC)-certified prosthetist (CP), you may have been told that you would be a more valuable practitioner if you had your orthotics certification too, in other words, if you were a CPO (certified prosthetist/orthotist). In certain instances this may be true. But this article explains how you could perform custom orthotics activities without having to go back to school to earn an orthotics certification.
