Garrett Jones: Life Is Good

Laura Hochnadel

Mutantur omnia nos et mutamur in illis. All things change, and we change with them. Improvise, adapt, overcome. This is the “unofficial” mantra of the U.S. Marine Corps, and veteran

Home Stretch

Matthew Scoggin

Since the age of 18, my life has been closely tied to recruited “movers” (otherwise known as friends and family) and a 16-foot Penske truck. There is an exciting, unspoken

Got FAQS?

Lisa_salmon_lake

Denials are difficult to identify and time-consuming to appeal. When denials have you at your wit’s end, “Got FAQs?” can help you get your billing back on track. This month’s

Prosthetics of Hope

Ronald Dickson

In my March column, I mentioned that I had gone on a prosthetics mission to Haiti recently, which was organized by one of our patients, Kevin Valentine, a pastor at

Face to Face: Robert Dodson, CPO, LPO

The O&P EDGE

Robert Dodson, clinical manager at Advanced Arm Dynamics Southwest Center of Excellence, Dallas, Texas, hones his skills by working with patients with upper-limb amputations—a good many of whom are veterans

Be the Expert that You Are

Joseph Sadowski, CPO

The number of activities for individuals suffering from limb loss has exploded. Compared to the amputee patient of years past, today we have patients who inquire regularly about swimming, jogging,

May 2011 Issue