Steve Martinez: “A Thriver, Not a Survivor”
On a routine February morning in 2010, Steve Martinez, a store manager of a Dillons supermarket in Wichita, Kansas, and...
High School Student Creates Prosthetic Hand
"Making and taking things apart is a very common 'cleverness' of boys," write Ros Bayley and Sally Featherstone in The...
The Benefits of Body Power
Current upper-limb prosthetic options can be divided into four categories: functional aesthetic, activity specific, body powered, and externally powered or...
Warrior Games 2013: Everyone Is a Champion
Exclusive live coverage by The O&P EDGE From left, Franklin, Snyder, and Prince Harry prepare to light the torch to...
eXG8, Regional Games, and Adult Nationals
eXG8: Dirt-Fueled Fun Amidst a full day of racing at Baja Acres motocross track in Millington, Michigan, on May 25,...
EDGE Quick Credit: Educating O&P One Credit at a Time
Western Media, publisher of The O&P EDGE, has announced the pilot phase of EDGE Quick Credit™. The program is being...
Body Power: Pushing the Functional Envelope
Power has a variety of meanings. It refers to the ability to have influence, authority, or control over people, circumstances,...
Evolution Industries: Total Service
We manufacture our own components compatible with most major systems—select the ones that fit your needs. After a fitting with...
Technology Convergence
Orthotic devices are blurring the line between orthotics and prosthetics. Photograph of C-Brace Orthotronic Mobility System user courtesy of Ottobock....
Managing the Variability of Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is an inherited neuropathy characterized by progressive distal muscle weakness. As a result, individuals are often prescribed...
