Baylor Partnership Develops New Model to Aid Sri Lankan Amputees
Disaster relief efforts typically require arriving on-scene with emergency solutions as quickly as possible. This is not the priority with...
Europe’s Pursuit of a Better Transhumeral Residual Limb
The typical transhumeral residual limb presents a challenge to prosthetic fitting and rehabilitation. The cylindrical shape and conical dimensions of...
Culturally Sensitive Care
Introduction Early in my career as a prosthetist, I worked with an elderly patient after she had a transtibial amputation....
Sharing Knowledge, Gaining Perspectives
Early this month, O&P professionals and other representatives of the rehabilitation healthcare professions will gather in Cape Town, South Africa,...
Norm Lawrence: Surviving the Unimaginable
In a life full of near-death experiences, using a prosthetic leg has been perhaps one of the easier challenges for...
Developing an Action Plan for Your Business, Part II
In the first article of this series, published in the April 2017 issue of The O&P EDGE, I presented a...
Who Have You Inspired Lately?
If we're going to build a business, we not only need raving fan clients, we need a raving fan culture....
An Unconventional Path to O&P
On August 8, 1997, just before my 12th birthday, a speeding car jumped the sidewalk and crashed into me. I...
ACPOC 2017 Annual Meeting Highlights
The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) 2017 Annual Meeting was held March 22-25 in Houston. As is the custom,...
