Managing Care: A Team Approach Helps Burn Patients with Amputations to Heal
According to the American Burn Association (ABA), approximately 450,000 people in the United States sought medical treatment for burn injuries...
House VA Subcommittees Examine OIG Reports on O&P Care Provided to Veterans
Veterans' access to appropriate P&O care became the focus of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs when two of its...
Where’s Your EDGE ?
David Gelfand holds up his issue of The O&P EDGE during the October 2011 Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) San Diego...
eX7 Motocross: Tough Competition
An early morning rain made for great track conditions at the seventh annual Extremity Games (eX7) motocross event, held May...
Billing and Collections Q&A
Denials are difficult to identify and time-consuming to appeal. When denials have you at your wit's end, "Got FAQs?" can...
Treating Metatarsalgia
Metatarsalgia is a global term to describe forefoot pain. It covers pain occurring at the metatarsal heads, the metatarsophalangeal joints...
Fabricating Orthoses with a Low-Temperature Inner Layer
Sometimes, advances in material sciences can provide big benefits to our patients—and be a big pain for our technicians. Over...
Elizabeth Stone: “Quiet Determination” Results in Paralympic Success
At the age of 21, swimmer Elizabeth Stone is looking forward to competing in her third Paralympic Games in London...
Building a Better Patient
What's that you say? We don't build patients; we build orthotics and prosthetics? Not according to some advice Doc Davis...
ORTHOPADIE + REHA-TECHNIK 2012: A “One-stop Shop”
Exclusive live coverage from The O&P EDGE. From symposiums on robotic exoskeletons, the latest upper-limb prosthetic devices, and best practices...
