An orthosis can be defined as: An external orthopedic appliance, either prefabricated or custom made, that controls movement of specific body parts. Your health care provider’s evaluation directs us to the specific type of control needed for your orthotic care. Working with your doctor and family,...
by Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP, and Randy Richardson, RPA inMotion People who have experienced limb loss know that it only takes a moment for your life to be completely redefined. Yesterday, you were standing and walking. Today, you are in a hospital bed or a wheelchair....
by Scott Sabolich, CP, LP inMotion Scott Sabolich, CP, LP, and Theron Hogue, CP, LP, collaborate on the fit of a socket. The socket is the most critical component of your prosthesis. If it doesn't fit correctly, you can experience pain, sores and blisters, and the prosthesis...
by Erik Schaffer, CP, Chris Kort, CPO, and Phil Kreuter, PT inMotion For the above-knee amputee, the prosthetic knee joint is one of the most critical components of the prosthesis. Replacing the amazingly complex human knee has been an ongoing challenge since the beginning of modern prosthetics....
by Douglas G. Smith, MD, Amputee Coalition Medical Director Transtibial amputations, also known as "below-knee" or "BK" amputations, are among the most frequently performed major limb amputations. Statistically, about half of all major lower-limb amputations are transtibial, and, in the past several decades, this amputation level...
by Douglas G. Smith, MD, Amputee Coalition Medical Director [tabs style="default" title="Transfemoral (aboveknee) amputation"] [tab title="Part 1"] This is Part 1 of a three-part look at the transfemoral (aboveknee, or AK) amputation level, one of the more frequently performed amputation procedures. This article examines the prevalence...