The State of the Profession: A Practitioner Population Survey
Caroline Nielsen, PhD, authored a white paper commissioned by the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE) predicting...
What Is Blood Flow Restriction Therapy and Why Should We Care?
In recent years, the importance of muscular strength has been recognized as a critical piece to optimizing health, and...
Influencing by Following
As part of the parent questionnaire included in Sara Pollard's 1934 application to Vassar College, her father...
Major O&P Policy Developments in the Age of a Pandemic
As America and the world continue to grapple with an historic pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),...
Moving Forward: Operating During the Pandemic
Step inside an O&P practice these days and it will look and feel much different than it did at the...
O&P Technician Education: Death by Neglect
It is with a heavy heart that I share that the Orthotic & Prosthetic Technologies program at Oklahoma State University...
Editors Note – September 2020
Normally when you receive our September issue, many of you are preparing to head to the American Prosthetic & Orthotic...
Enough With the Hearsay: Take Time to Verify
Janet told me that those ankle joints are never covered." "I was always told Medicare will not pay for unlisted...
Commercial Pilot Continues to Fly Despite Limb Loss
On a Sunday evening in late July 2014, Tom Koziel was helping his father mount fenders on his truck...
Design Modifications for Functional Foot Orthotics
Orthotics are used to prevent or correct deformities, support and align the body, or improve its function. Functional foot...
