This month’s blogger is Clinical Support Prosthetist Jennifer Dowell, CPO/LPO. After WillowWood released completely new and renovated OMEGA software, I traveled to New Zealand and Australia to work with WillowWood’s distribution partner in that part of the world, Masson’s Healthcare, to provide training and support. Owner Anton Karak and I-En Lim from Masson’s office in Continue reading…
Hopefully you’ve heard by now that our industry-leading OMEGA Tracer software has been completely redesigned from scratch and is now known simply as OMEGA. If you’re an existing user, you may be asking, “Why would I want to upgrade, when my existing software works perfectly fine?” Well, for starters, we listened to the feedback that Continue reading…
The Amputee Coalition’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp is a five-day traditional summer camp experience for children ages 10-17 who have lost arms and/or legs or who were born with limb differences. The camp offers challenging activities that build campers’ confidence regardless of skill level and takes place at Camp JOY in Clarksville, Ohio. Last year Continue reading…
This month’s guest blogger, W. Lee Childers PhD MSPO CP from the Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics at Alabama State University, writes about the challenge of establishing a Master’s program in P&O. Today’s healthcare environment is more comprehensive, complex and dynamic than ever before. We are treating more complicated patients with ever tightening budgets. Third-party Continue reading…
The Power of the Heart and Perseverance Have No Limit in Life This month, our friend Manuel reflects on his journey from his traumatic amputation and depression to triumph. My name is Manuel Peralta and I live in Panama City, Republic of Panama. I want to tell a story that might seem fiction, but let Continue reading…
This month, our guest blogger from BOC emphasizes the importance of accreditation for O&P facilities. The last time we had the opportunity to guest blog for WillowWood, we talked about the human side, or the intangibles of quality patient care through individual certification for O&P practitioners. This time we want to highlight BOC’s other major Continue reading…
You may have heard of a vacuum socket…or elevated vacuum…or vacuum suspension…or a vacuum-assisted socket… and wondered what these terms mean. Actually, they all refer to a socket with a vacuum pump that removes air from the space between the prosthetic liner and the socket. Removing the air creates what is called “negative pressure” that Continue reading…
As a manufacturer of prosthetic products, we frequently receive calls and e-mails from either amputees themselves or from someone who has an amputee in their family about what they can do with old prostheses. The prostheses could be from young amputees who have outgrown them or could have been used by a loved one who Continue reading…
This month, our friend Judith reflects on her experience as a mom who also happens to be an amputee. I remember quite distinctly when my family doctor answered my question about getting pregnant. I was nineteen years old and recovering from the car accident that caused the amputation of both legs below the knees. I Continue reading…
We are often asked what are appropriate applications of thermoplastic elastomer liners and silicone liners and if there are any long term effects on residual limbs from liners? So our clinicians chatted and here is what counsel they had to share. Alpha® Liners were introduced in 1996 and have proven to be very skin-friendly for Continue reading…