First, Do No Harm: The New Principles for Providing Humanitarian O&P Care in Developing Nations
Yesterday, your reimbursement was one live chicken, the equivalent of $5, and a bag of corn. The day before, you...
O&P Technicians Catch the Wave
Although changes in the O&P technician's role, status, education, and training aren't happening overnight, the wave is definitely rolling. Energizing...
Jumping into 2010
Here at The O&P EDGE, we're jumping into 2010 with both feet. We're starting off the new year with a...
Garcia-Tolson Becomes Ironman, a First
A triumphant Garcia-Tolson crosses the Ironman Arizona finish line Rudy Garcia-Tolson became the first Ironman with bilateral transfemoral amputations when...
Rocking and Rolling with Heavy Metal
In the early days of my career, plastic braces were the wave of the future, and conventional metal orthoses were...
Don’t Trust Everything You Learned in Kindergarten!
From the day I started O&P, I heard about the importance of working with the "healthcare team" to maintain excellent...
Face to Face: Byung Ho Kim
Byung Ho Kim's life history reads like an archetypal American story. Born in Seoul, South Korea, the youngest child of...
Got FAQs?
The new year brings with it new L-Codes as well as discontinued ones. Rather than dealing with time-consuming denials, count...
The Future of Physical Restoration
As a nation and as a field, we have not developed a strong, sustainable prosthetics research framework, nor sufficiently transitioned...