APPLL Update: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island Move Toward Parity
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) continues to organize in states that are interested in introducing bills in the 2007...
Got FAQs?
The future of your practice depends on knowledgeable billing and collection information. Understanding the full aspect of billing guidelines and...
Manual Salazar: Amputee Faces New Life with Optimism, Motivation
To see the glowing complexion, sensitive, puppy-eyes, and electric smile of 24-year-old Manual Salazar is to forget the horror he...
The Commencement of Adventure
I was only 19, but the heart-wrenching sights, rank smells, and lack of hope within the southern Chinese orphanage I...
Military Conflicts Drive Technological Innovation
According to a recent study by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, recent military conflicts...
First Extremity Games Was First Class Success
More than 500 athletes, sponsors, spectators, and volunteers from the US, Canada, and Europe converged on Orlando, Florida's Watersports Complex,...
Materials Science: Producing Lighter, More Cosmetically Appealing O&P Devices
The history of orthotics and prosthetics has been marked by spurts of technology and advances in materials. Prosthetists, sensitive to...
Here’s to You, Monsignor Tardieu: Guinea Pig, House Cat, and Equinus Contracture
When faced with the question of how long you need to stretch a muscle on a daily basis to prevent...
Phantom Pain Is No Phantom
Phantom pain-what does it imply? To the uninitiated patient or family member, it connotes a condition in which the pain...
From the Editor: What’s New?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.-Ralph Waldo Emerson...
