
August 2006
edit post APPLL Update: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Move Toward Parity by Morgan Sheets August 1, 2006 The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) continues to organize in states that
edit post APPLL Update: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Move Toward Parity by Morgan Sheets August 1, 2006 The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) continues to organize in states that
The future of your practice depends on knowledgeable billing and collection information. Understanding the full aspect of billing guidelines and procedures will effectively increase your reimbursement. This informative column will
To see the glowing complexion, sensitive, puppy-eyes, and electric smile of 24-year-old Manual Salazar is to forget the horror he has experienced at such a young age. Three years ago,
I was only 19, but the heart-wrenching sights, rank smells, and lack of hope within the southern Chinese orphanage I was about to leave had aged me-I felt 50 and
According to a recent study by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, recent military conflicts resulting in a rise in the number of amputees have
More than 500 athletes, sponsors, spectators, and volunteers from the US, Canada, and Europe converged on Orlando, Florida’s Watersports Complex, Saturday, July 29, for the premiere O&P Extremity Games by
The history of orthotics and prosthetics has been marked by spurts of technology and advances in materials. Prosthetists, sensitive to their patients’ needs, are driving technological improvements in materials manufacturing
When faced with the question of how long you need to stretch a muscle on a daily basis to prevent the development of a contracture, orthotists will give you an
Phantom pain-what does it imply? To the uninitiated patient or family member, it connotes a condition in which the pain experienced is not real. It reveals something psychologically sinister and
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.-Ralph Waldo Emerson It is human nature, and a matter of survival, to
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