January 2020
The O&P EDGE
edit post Amputation, Planned or Traumatic: How Practitioners Plan and Prepare for Both by Betta Ferrendelli January 1, 2020 After a car accident caused a 15-year-old girl to undergo
Amputation, Planned or Traumatic: How Practitioners Plan and Prepare for Both
Betta Ferrendelli
After a car accident caused a 15-year-old girl to undergo a transfemoral amputation, her clinicians at Total Care Orthotics and Prosthetics, Tulsa, Oklahoma, worked patiently with her as she
Coping With a Patient’s Death
Nina Bondre
I didn’t think it would be an appointment that would affect me so profoundly. It seemed routine: an orthotic casting appointment for a ten-month-old girl. She was slightly on
Editor’s Note – January 2020
Andrea Spridgen
One of the things that makes O&P care special and brings such personal satisfaction to clinicians is the relationship they form with their patients. Unlike many other medical professions, O&P
Kick off the New Year Right: Four Things to Help Your Practice
Erin Cammarata
There is never a bad time to review, assess, and improve your practice standards. There is just something about a new year, though, that feels like a good time
OI Proves Best Decision for Care
Betta Ferrendelli
One summer afternoon 23 years ago, Donna Thornburg got out of her Suburban at a carwash in Westminster, Colorado, to open the passenger-side back door when a car hit
Partnering With Your Patients With Diabetes
Maria St. Louis-Sanchez
Treating patients with diabetes has always been an uphill battle for most O&P practitioners, and an increasing diabetic population means the challenges will continue to grow, the experts say. “The
The Next Revolution: MPKs for K2 Ambulators
Gary Wall, MSPO, CPO
When treating the K2 transfemoral population, we are often left yearning for the safety and control we have with microprocessor-controlled knee (MPK) technology for our K3 population. A recent
The Weighty Challenges of Bariatric Care
Judith Philipps Otto
The world is changing, and with it, the profiles of those who need prosthetic care: More than three million new cases of obesity are reported annually in the United States—a
