For over 50 years, the field of prosthetics and orthotics has been advancing rapidly. In that time, many advancements have been made and new discoveries made. Many areas of prosthetics and orthotics are now included in the practice. This practice includes the use of artificial limbs for those with total limb amputation, or limbs thatContinue reading “The Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation field are Vast”
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The Growing Demand for Surgical Prosthetic Equipment
The term prosthetic is used to describe any piece of equipment that is used to help replace one or more of the limbs. There are two main types of prosthesis: natural and synthetic. Synthetic prosthetic equipment is man-made and can be made from a variety of materials, including plastic composites and metal alloys. Many prostheticContinue reading “The Growing Demand for Surgical Prosthetic Equipment”
How to Select the Right Surgical Prosthetic Equipment
When we think about the word prosthetic, we probably think of a person who has lost a limb to disease or accident and wishes to replace it with an artificial limb. That’s not all that is prosthetic, though. It is also commonly used to refer to customized, hand-crafted prosthetic apparatus for the body, especially extremitiesContinue reading “How to Select the Right Surgical Prosthetic Equipment”