Author’s note: We would like to clarify that the students who encountered the harassment and discrimination situation describe below opted against submitting a formal complaint due to their unfortunate, albeit
There is an old clinical adage, “Have you ever met the second-best prosthetist?” You may be familiar with the classic study that 80 percent of car drivers consider themselves to
When Seth O’Brien, CP, FAAOP(D), lost his leg to cancer at 24, he went from the height of his physical abilities to the bottom. The man who had once run,
Conceived of as the setting of a segment of the radio show The Prairie Home Companion in the late 1970s, Lake Wobegon was a fictional Minnesota town described as a
Upper-limb asymmetry and limb dominance (handedness) are recognized as normal and taken into consideration when making O&P clinical recommendations. A more significant loss of function is expected following the loss
Effective August 12, Medicare is expanding its list of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for prior authorization, face-to-face (F2F) encounters, and Written Orders Prior to Delivery (WOPDs). It
The science of fabricating and dispensing custom foot orthotics requires practitioners to make a series of clinical decisions to deliver an optimal device for each patient. In addition to following
