June 2008
The O&P EDGE
edit post Transpelvic, Hip Disarticulation Amputation: Taking Prosthetics to the Highest Level by Miki Fairley June 1, 2008 Christina Skoski, MD The most important thing to keep in your mind
Technology in Practice
Paul E. Prusakowski, CPO, FAAOP
Accreditation deadlines are coming up, and it’s time to get our policies and procedures tidied up and ready to be placed under the microscope of one of the accreditation agencies
Getting in the Game.. .Staying in the Game
The O&P EDGE
Heath Calhoun: A Man for All Seasons Heath Calhoun enjoys a good rush of endorphins. “Going on a two-mile jog will always make you feel better,” he says. “You may
Understanding and Managing Chronic Pain in the Traumatic Amputee
Judith Philipps Otto
Once, on the old “Dick Van Dyke Show,” Van Dyke said sympathetically, “Aw, Stace-I know how you feel!” His brother wailed in angry frustration, “Nobody knows how I feel!” Pain
Pain Management Methods
Judith Philipps Otto
A broad and creative variety of techniques, devices, and strategies for managing pain experienced by the amputee have been utilized over the years, and new ideas emerge as older methods
Transpelvic, Hip Disarticulation Amputation: Taking Prosthetics to the Highest Level
Miki Fairley
Christina Skoski, MD The most important thing to keep in your mind is: Life goes on” Christina Skoski, MD, advises high-level amputees. She knows what she is talking about. When
(Almost) Everybody Hurts
Karen Henry
In preparing for this issue, I did a Google™ search on the term “chronic pain.” The search yielded more than seven million results. The top results ranged from a Wikipedia
Improve Your Negotiating Power and Profitability
Susi Ebersbach, MT (ASCP), MBA
You didn’t enter this profession to analyze data, and you probably have an intense disdain for “bean-counters.” At the same time, your science/technology side acknowledges the need for validation of
Susan L. Kapp, MEd, CPO, LPO
Brady Delander
Susan L. Kapp, MEd, CPO, LPO, stepped on to the campus of Texas A&M University, College Station, in the mid 1970s, ready to experience not only the university lifestyle but
Wayne Renardson: Expressions of Freedom
Sherry Metzger, MS
“To be free is to have achieved your life,” wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern playwright Tennessee Williams. A self-proclaimed “old boy” with ties to the South himself, Wayne Renardson often quotes
