Thermoforming Technology: Controlling the Process
Thermoforming is a deceptively simple-looking process, says Gary Bedard, CO, FAAOP, Becker Orthopedic, Troy, Michigan, a noted thermoplastics expert. You...
Plastics Technology: Vision of the Future?
"Just about everything we do in O&P could benefit from having both rigid and flexible plastic in different parts of...
Amputees in Advertising: Have Changes in Presentation Altered Public Perception?
For decades, people with disabilities were hidden away in closets. But in a modern society that pretends to be enlightenedlargely...
Who’s Using Amputees in Advertising?
Ideally, we would be able to publish an honor roll of mainstream advertisers who have featured amputee actors or models...
A.J. Filippis: The Family Behind the Man and the Company
You cannot speak to A.J. Filippis, CPO, president of Wright & Filippis, Rochester Hills, Mich-igan, without recognizing the value he...
Two Sisters: Our Special Relationship
Should we accidentally fall in? I ask Jackie as we bounce up and down in the round inner tube. We...
Ossur’s ‘AFO Dynamic’ Ankle-Foot Orthosis Sets New Performance Standard
Ossur has now applied the advanced technology of Flex-Foot® to a full line of orthoses. At the forefront is the...
The Cornell Brothers
A funny thing happened to Keith and Ken Cornell on their way to dental school. Ken was in the placement...
Lisa McFall, RFOM, CMF, COF
Southeastern Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc. Chattanooga, Tennessee In what area of O&P would you most like to see improvement? I'd...
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