Individuals with lower-limb amputations often make headlines, from Paralympic runners with high-tech carbon fiber feet, to Amy Purdy’s recent appearance on the television show Dancing with the Stars, to stories
Landeros and Carron receive recognition for their Paralympic achievement at a Colorado Avalanche hockey game. Photographs courtesy of Nikko Landeros. Landeros and Carron, bottom center and right, with their teammates.
In this edition of Shop Talk, The O&P EDGE shares a prosthetist’s creative solution for adapting lower-limb prostheses and a bicycle for his patient’s cross-country journey. Jones and Harvey finish
Part Four: How Are Your Contracts Impacting Your Bottom Line? The O&P EDGE concludes its four-part series of articles that focus on key elements of your business and provide some
For those of us who live with upper-limb loss, we wear prosthetic arms for specific reasons, if at all. Improving these devices requires adequate problem identification and, thus, testing. To
Cranial remolding expert Ellie Boomer, CPO, shares her commentary on the helmet therapy article highlighted in the May 1 issue of The New York Times. As a professional who specializes
Urethane, silicone, and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) are materials that can be used to fabricate prosthetic liners. A liner can be uniform in thickness or taper from its distal to proximal
The U.S. Army had a problem: The majority of its soldiers’ combat wounds sustained while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom were extremity wounds. Explosive
Mike Corcoran, CPO, cofounder of Medical Center Orthotics and Prosthetics, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, says he still remembers feeling overwhelmed when he treated his first patient who had a
