What If…? Preparing Patients with Limb Loss for Travel
Confucius said, "Wherever you go, go with all your heart." I say, wherever you go, go with an open mind,...
Audit Allies: How Extending Your Resource Base Is Critical for Surviving Documentation and Audit Challenges
Like many orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) practitioners these days, Christian "Zach" Smith, CPO, has run up against Recovery Audit Contractor...
Lessons from Scotland: Best Practices in the Use of AFOs Following Stroke
The mammoth American healthcare system rarely appears to be too interested in the world of O&P. On those rare occasions...
Sharing Ideas across Borders
In reflecting on this issue of The O&P EDGE, with its theme of international cooperation, I kept circling back to...
Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games: “Breaking the Ice”
The 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia, which were held March 7-16, have gone on the record books as...
Is Lighter Better? Thoughts on the Relationship between Device Weight and Function
Most prosthetists agree that prosthetic devices should be as lightweight as possible while including the safest, most efficient, and most...
Hallux Limitus and the Vital Operation of the First MPJ
Human ambulation is a fascinating subject. Anthropologists claim that the evolution to upright bipedal locomotion was one of the most...
Billing and Collections Q&A
Billing for O&P devices seems to get more complicated by the day. Count on "Got FAQs?" to help answer your...
Master’s Program Profile Series: Georgia Institute of Technology
The O&P EDGE continues its series of National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE)-accredited master's level O&P educational programs....
Miranda Cashin: Tall Tales to Sci-Fi
When asked how she lost her right leg, there was a time Miranda Cashin, 26, would have spun a tall...
