Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Perspective

• How to Build a Successful Pedorthic Retail Shoe Business: Part One

• O&P Business News, March 2010
• Robert S. Schwartz, CPed, president and chief executive officer of Eneslow Pedorthic Enterprises Inc., discussed bthe tools needed to build a successful...More »

• Cross-over Study Yields Substantial Effect on Gait, Walking Speeds in Adults with Post-stroke Hemiplegia

• February 25, 2010
• CHICAGO – Most hemiplegia patients are prescribed AFOs which rely on differing degrees of resistance to restore function. Despite the large numbers of...More »

• O&P Intervention Crucial for Successful Friction Management in Patients with Diabetes

• February 24, 2010
• CHICAGO – Recent technologies may assist in friction management but require a proper understanding of intervention opportunities including patient...More »

• Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Correction Leads to Lower Surgical Rates and Less Revision Surgery

• February 16, 2010
• Clubfoot affects one in a thousand babies born in the United States, but with proper corrective treatment and follow-up, infants born with clubfoot can...More »

• Foot Traffic

• Foundations for Life

• O&P Business News, Spring 2010
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• Teresa Branham, CPed, compares buying cheap, unsupportive shoes to pinching pennies in building the foundation for a house.
  Feet bolster the body like a...More »

• Full Weight-bearing Rehabilitation has Low Re-rupture Rate for Achilles Tendon Injuries

• O&P Business News, Spring 2010
• A prospective study of 80 consecutive patients with Achilles tendon ruptures treated in a functional, early weight-bearing brace found a low re-rupture...More »

• Perspective

• Case Study Finds External Shoe Modification Reduces Pressure in Metatarsalgia Patients

• O&P Business News, February 2010
• A simple shoe modifier may reduce pressure and disability in metatarsalgia patients, according to Fred Lerche, CPed, PT and Phil Voi, CPed, PT of...More »

• Foot Traffic

• A Multitude of Measurers

• O&P Business News, January 2010
• Stateside, almost all board-certified pedorthists who measure feet employ the Brannock Device or the trusty Ritz Stick.
  There are no such standard sizers...More »

• Technique Advancements in Foot Orthosis Design Provide New Insight

• O&P Business News, January 2010
• Technological advances in orthotic technology have caused a shift in traditional orthotic paradigms, according to Roy H. Lidtke, DPM, CPed, and director...More »

• Foot Traffic

• Missouri Pedorthist Stuck with Her ‘Grownup Job’

• O&P Business News, November 15, 2009
• Marsha Thompson, CPed, says she couldn’t bring herself to quit her “grownup job.”
  Never mind that she was hired to run the preschool program at her church...More »

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