Lower Extremity Review
Sometimes a simple idea turns into a significant business strategy. That’s certainly the case with Townsend’s “customized” OTS (off-the-shelf) knee braces.
By Larry Hand
When it comes to shoe insoles, the majority of users will agree on two points: Insoles should be comfortable and eminently forgettable.
By Shalmali Pal
When Ed Wilbourne attended the annual meeting of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) in Washington, DC, a couple of years ago, he was eager to see what had changed in the world of foot orthoses since his previous visit 20 years earlier.
By Cary Groner
When Jeff Haines and his business partner, Tracy Grim, started Ovation Medical in 2010, it was like getting the old band back together. The two had collaborated successfully for years at Royce Medical before Haines sold the company to Ossur in 2005.
By Cary Groner
PAL Health Technologies was established in 1976, beginning its legacy in the orthotic industry in Pekin, IL. It has since expanded its inventory to include a comprehensive catalog of corrective lower extremity devices, including custom foot orthoses, diabetic and accommodative inserts, ankle braces, and therapeutic shoes.
By P.K. Daniel
Langer Biomechanics provides a broad array of products to keep patients mobile. The company philosophy is to leverage innovative technology, relevant client-focused services, and medical education to secure its market leader position in foot orthoses, ankle foot orthoses (AFOs), and other durable medical equipment (DME) products.
By LER Staff
Perhaps watching television can be good for you. About six years ago, Steve Kaufman was watching the late-night CNBC show “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch,” during which successful entrepreneurs tell how they got started in business. At the end of the show, the host would challenge viewers to come up with their own big ideas.
By Larry Hand
For Orthofeet, the New Jersey-based designer and manufacturer of medical footwear for adults with diabetes, 2013 was a year of major transitions. In the past 12 months the company welcomed a new chief executive officer (CEO), doubled its sales force, switched to a larger factory, and initiated a grassroots education alliance with the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).
By Hank Black
Aetrex Worldwide offers patient solutions with style. Two new lines launched in the fall of 2013 continue to expand the market for shoes that offer flexible fitting options for people with diabetes, arthritis, and other painful foot conditions, as well as uppers that are both comfortable and fashionable.
By Larry Hand
David Kramer, CPed, didn’t start out to build a career in custom foot orthotics; the tendency just ran in the family.
By LER staff
Based in Santa Monica, CA, with a 5000-square-foot warehouse in nearby Riverside, Algeos USA (algeos.us) can bring the materials world to your door if you’re involved in orthotics, prosthetics, or podiatry. In 2014 the company is focusing on expanding their materials offerings and anticipating the opening of an additional warehouse in the northeast US within the year.
By Larry Hand
By LER staff Cleveland, OH-based Acor Orthopaedic is a manufacturer and supplier of pedorthic products, including foot orthoses, diabetic shoes, comfort footwear, custom orthopedic footwear, and orthotic materials. Acor is owned by brothers Greg Alaimo, CP, and...
Mile High Orthotics Lab (MHOL) is a young company that bases its success on staying at the forefront of technology while emphasizing client and community relationships.
By Hank Black
In 1996, after 15 years of sports podiatry practice, Douglas Richie, DPM, was frustrated by the ongoing challenge of fitting sport ankle braces to patients who also wore custom foot orthoses. The two products should have worked naturally together, but, because neither was made with the other in mind, the result was often ungainly and uncomfortable.
By Cary Groner
Product innovation, customization to individual needs, and private-label manufacturing services for other brands have driven continual growth at American Orthopedics Manufacturing Corporation in Mt Vernon, NY. After all, it was innovation that jumpstarted the company: In 1962 podiatrist Jack Silverman, DPM, who founded the company in 1948, received a patent for exclusive manufacturing techniques for custom-molded shoes.
By LER staff
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