Are We Doing Enough to Meet Future Needs?

Keith Crownover, CPO

After serving for some time on the educational side of the O&P profession, I must ask myself whether my esteemed colleagues truly care. I mean, as a whole do we

You Asked, We Listened

Karen Henry

I don’t know about you, but the first three months of any given year are hair on fire for all of us at The O&P EDGE. During the first quarter

Partnering for Patient Care: BridgePoint Medical

Miki Fairley

BridgePoint offers O&P clinicians a new kind of partnership. You are an O&P clinician, and perhaps you’re getting tired of spending so much time “paper pushing” and “bean counting.” You

A little creative adaptation can go a long way toward helping recreational enthusiasts pursue their passions. The tattoo on this high-definition cosmetic cover adds the finishing touch to restore this

‘Hanging Tight’: Elevated Vacuum Suspension Systems Step Forward

Miki Fairley

“It feels like I got my leg back!” This is how amputee Andy May described the first time he ran with a prosthesis incorporating the new LimbLogic™ VS prosthetic vacuum

The Stance Control Orthosis: Has Its Time Finally Come?

Judith Philipps Otto

Bilateral SCOKJ wearer with polio walks in the woods with his dog. Photograph courtesy of Horton’s Orthotic Lab. For years, inventive minds have known what was needed: A free-swinging orthotic

FES: The ‘Quiet Revolution’

Miki Fairley

Photograph courtesy of Bioness Inc. FES devices may actually be assisting the brain to recover function through a phenomenon known as neuroplasticity. Today’s applications of functional electrical stimulation (FES) are

March 2008 Issue