The arena of limb loss rehabilitation according to the world of insurance awards prosthetists by providing a completed product, and therapists by minutes spend with the patient. This creates a problem! Prosthetists are rushed to deliver a limb, while therapists borrow limited time from the prosthetists to adjust any complications they may see with the limb as the patient progresses through the rehabilitation process. Succeeding in this arena may prove difficult, but is cer

To celebrate Valentines Day and prepare for the Combined Sections Meeting in New Orleans next week, we are publishing a three part series on improving the prosthetist/therapist interaction! Yeah team work! Enjoy! Physical therapists and prosthetists are both integral parts of the multidisciplinary team responsible for the care of patients with limb loss. For many years working with the military, I was fortunate enough to share parallel bars with our prosthetics team without

It is important to understand the options for prosthetic running shoes when considering running with a prosthesis. In walking or running, symmetrical patterns promote proper movements and prevent breakdown injuries. This means that it is important to make the prosthesis and the sound limb move as similar as possible, or to align two prosthetic limbs to reciprocally mirror one another. Currently, four main options are available for prosthetic running limb shoes. The first h