PrimeFare West Finds New Home in Colorado
Exclusive live coverage by The O&P EDGE Photograph courtesy of PrimeCare O&P Network. The PrimeFare West Regional Scientific Symposium's relocation...
Technician Safety: Best Practices in the Fab Lab
O&P fabrication labs are noisy, dusty, and often smelly. The tools of the trade can cut, grind, burn, and bruise....
Reimbursement Support That Works For You
Find our Audit Survival Kit, coding help, and documentation guides at Ottobock's Reimbursement website. The Audit Survival Kit was created...
Central Fabrication Accreditation: Has the Time Come?
Robert Pierre, orthotic technician, uses a cast saw while fabricating an AFO. Trevor Dehaan, prosthetic technician, grinds trim lines into...
CAD/CAM’s Expanding Potential
Rodin4D CAD/CAM software. Image courtesy of Rodin4D. Imagine taking a scoliosis patient's measurements by snapping a photograph and importing the...
Prosthetic Prescription for an Obese Patient: A Case Report
Following amputation, individuals often experience significant psychological challenges, including depression and decreased motivation to move, which often lead to a...
What’s Going On??
Various news reports put the number of traumatic amputations that surgeons have performed on victims of the April 15 Boston...
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editors, The current LCD on prosthetic requirements for K3 and K4 components is unmanageable. My ability to control a...
Carl Caspers, CPO: Innovation Sparked by Personal Experience
Carl Caspers, CPO, widely recognized as the father of vacuum suspension, was a pioneer in using scientific inquiry and research...
Pedorthists: Patient Care and Fabrication Are Not Mutually Exclusive
Fabrication: (Fab-ri-cate) to make; create. To construct by combining or assembling. Clinicians' knowledge of fabrication techniques allows for seamless and...
