Month: July 2009

Rob Burnett, CPed aims to get his customers moving comfortably again. Are retailers the Rodney Dangerfields of pedorthics? Rob Burnett, CPed, is proud to call himself a retail pedorthist. “But as a profession, I think pedorthics is getting away from…

Consistent documentation, communication and evaluation will help O&P practitioners reduce the risks of litigation.

For patients who experience pain and depression, common coexisting conditions, an intervention that included individually tailored antidepressant therapy and a pain self-management program resulted in greater improvement in the symptoms of these conditions than patients who received usual care, according…

One-third of American adults, 69 million men and women older than the age of 40, are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some form of inner-ear dysfunction that throws them off balance…

Technicians can help evolve technology and track component trends.

  © iStockphoto.com Stroke can impair balance, heightening the risk of a debilitating fall. But a University of Illinois (UIC) at Chicago researcher has found that stroke survivors can improve their balance by practicing the Chinese martial art of tai…