AOPA 2011 Policy Forum
Grassroots Efforts Really Do Make a Difference Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA), chair of the health subcommittee of the House Ways...
ACPOC 2011: Professionals Helping Kids Be Kids
Venue to the 2002 Winter Olympics, Park City, Utah's mountain backdrop provided the setting for this year's Association of Children's...
Insurance Fairness for Amputees
The phrase "prosthetic parity" has come to define a central legislative initiative that the Amputee Coalition and our friends and...
How to Laminate Sockets
There are many different ways to decorate a prosthetic socket, such as applying stickers, doing water transfer, and airbrushing. Of...
Face to Face: Peter R. Davidson, RN, CPO
Observing O&P practitioners "thinking outside of the box" drew Peter Davidson, RN, CPO, to the profession. At the time, he...
Parity Begins at Home
I got a call last week from Joey, a technician who used to work for me. He asked if I...
Prosthetists and Their Patients: A Good Match Can Be Life-Changing
If the "journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," there is no doubt that the right prosthetic...
Fueling a Life Lived Large
How pursuing life's passions strengthens the recovery process and stokes life after amputation. "Find a place inside where there's joy,...
Moving Forward, Making a Difference
To speak up for what you believe in and affect change at any level of government—local, state, or national—is one...
The Power of Consumers to Affect Public Policy
These days, many people believe that you can only get something done in Washington DC if you hire a lobbyist,...
