The Great Prosthetic Challenge: Difficult to Fit Cases
Case Study 1: Walking After 40 Years in a Wheelchair The combination of bilateral transÂfemoral amputations, short residual limbs, and...
Dynamic Brace Beats Post-Polio Boomerang
When a 72-year-old retired physician with post-polio syndrome (PPS) presented at Prosthetic Orthotic Associates (POA) in 2008, he was unable...
R&D Ethics: The Case of the $20 Knee
From left: Stanford's JaipurKnee and LeTourneau University's LEGS M1 Knee: How similar are they? Photograph courtesy of LeTourneau University. Two...
Developing Partnerships
Over the course of your O&P career, you have no doubt developed a number of partnerships with vendors, doctors and...
Ski Spectacular Brings Speed to the Slopes
Youth racer Alex Tomaszewski attacks the slalom course at DS/USA's National Race FestivalPhotograph courtesy of Reed Hoffman. At Colorado's Breckenridge...
Tackling Tarsal Tunnel
Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) was first recognized in the early 1960s and described as "pain in the proximal medial arch...
Got FAQs?
When you need help with your toughest billing questions, count on ‘Got FAQs?' to provide you with the information you...
Fall into Spring
It's the most wonderful time of the year—especially if you are a student. As of this writing, O&P clinicians are...
Soldier On: How a Landmine Gave Jody Mitic a New Life
Mitic rests briefly on the battlefield, just days before losing both legs to a landmine. Master Cpl. Jody Mitic's future...
Face to Face: Bryan Reich, RTPO
Bryan Reich is a man who is hungry for knowledge. An amateur astronomer who says he "finds the challenge of...
