Nathan Keepers, CPO, is the owner and president of Barnhart Prosthetic & Orthotic Services Springfield, Oregon. The ambitious 32-year-old recently moved his practice into a new $1.3 million building, which
When you first meet someone in O&P, you’ll inevitably be asked one question the O&P question. You’ve all been asked it. I’ve been asked it so many times during school
Michelle Gilligan moved to Nashville to pursue her dream of becoming a successful country singer. Having worn a prosthetic limb since she was 18 months old, she was shocked to
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
Tracy Golmont observes as Matt Emmons tries out his new orthotics. Olympian Matt Emmons, who at 27 years old ranks among the elite rifle shooters in the world, seeks something
From left: Richard Schnaittacher, CPed, and Frank Caruso, CO, conduct an Aetrex Matrix workshop in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photograph courtesy of Aetrex Worldwide. Aetrex Worldwide, Teaneck, New Jersey, has
A practitioner examines the feet of a patient who has diabetes. What are pedorthists and podiatrists seeing as the big trends in foot problems? The O&P EDGE talked to an
“To him whose feet hurt, everything hurts.” Socrates You don’t have to be an ancient Greek philosopher to agree with Socrates. Anyone who has suffered from serious foot pain knows
Running has been referred to as the king of all workouts. It is an activity that has been embraced at varying levels of competence by nearly 11 million adults in
Photograph courtesy of Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics. This is no feel-good story, and no Paralympic athlete would tell you it should be. Our culture, so oriented toward “normal, able” bodies,
