Month: November 2016

Everyone should buy into your marketing plan.

Practitioners face challenges in the treatment of obese patients and those with diabetes. O&P experts discuss solutions.

Recently Össur hosted its first Women’s Leadership Conference. The conference brought in more than 30 female O&P professionals from 11 states. Pilot and retired Army Officer Elizabeth McCormick, one of the first women to serve as a Black Hawk Helicopter…

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation held the first amputee tennis tournament in the United States as a part of its First Clinics initiative. Held in conjunction with USTA Middle States, the First Clinics offered adaptive sports lessons and drills…

Some of the most notable strides in prosthetic technology resulted from World War I.

More than 70 lower limb amputees from around the world gathered at a clinic organized by Össur and the Challenged Athletes Foundation, according to a press release. Hosted in San Diego, the Össur Running and Mobility Clinic presented by Challenged…

In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Mark Muller, MS, CPO, FAAOP. Muller is the chair of the Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Muller joined CSUDH in 2006, and went to…

An early musician changed modern technology.

Michael Wininger, PhD, discusses the importance of engagement in clinical trials, a new era of O&P research.

As October passes by, so too does a yearly tradition – breast cancer awareness month. The annual health campaign, organized by both major and minor charities, aims to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into…