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Rocktape’s Active-Recovery series of athletic tapes is available in more than 55 designs and colors, including Tattoo, Pink Camouflage, Biohazard, Argyle, U.K. Flag, Pink Skull, and Tiger. Rocktape kinesiology tape works by lifting the skin away from the soft tissue underneath, which allows more blood to move into an injured area to accelerate healing and recovery.
Dr. Jill’s Foot Pads now offers Dr. Jill’s Orthotics—customizable, ready-to-dispense foot orthoses. Designed by a podiatrist, the thin, lightweight, durable devices come with a lifetime guarantee that they will never break, crack, or bottom out.
Ottobock announces the launch of the WalkOn Reaction AFO. Fabricated from a prepreg advanced carbon composite, the Reaction is lightweight, low profile, and extremely tough. It is designed for patients with weak dorsiflexion, poststroke impairment, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular atrophy, peroneal paralysis, and partial foot amputation.
OPTP introduces its newest star, the new Star Roller, designed for therapeutic self-massage, relaxation techniques, body alignment, and core strengthening exercises. Designed and patented by a physical therapist, it features deep ridges running the length of the foam roller, alternately compressing and releasing tense or rigid…
Aetrex Worldwide offers two new lines of shoes: Apex Petals and Apex Stretchables. Apex Petals offers fashion-forward styles designed to provide maximum comfort and protection. The lightweight shoes have removable double depth insoles and slip-resistant soles made from injected EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate).
The PediFix Footcare Company announces the first antifungal with the broad-spectrum killing power of clotrimazole, in an exclusive essential oils carrier formula. ClotrimazOil is an alternative to tolnaftate and unde- cylenic acid. Clotrimazole kills six types of fungi, yeasts, and molds that traditional antifungals don’t.
The BRD Sport Achilles Ankle brace is designed to provide reliable relief of pain due to Achilles tendinitis, achillobursitis, or post-traumatic irritation. Three-dimensional knitting offers a four-way stretch to improve fit and comfort. An anatomically contoured silicone tendon pad aids with increased joint stabilization and recovery.
Based on the high error rates found in its most recent quarterly review, Noridian Healthcare Solutions, Medicare’s durable medical equipment pricing, data analysis, and coding (PDAC) contractor, announced in January that it will continue its prepayment widespread review of claims for therapeutic…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted San Diego-based Cytori Therapeutics an IDE (investigational device exemption) in January, allowing the company to begin a prospective safety and feasibility trial of its system for bedside extraction, processing, and reinfusion of autologous adipose-derived…
Philadelphia-based Liventa Bioscience and Cryoport, based in Lake Forest, CA, partnered in February to deliver Liventa’s cell-based biologics tissue forms directly to orthopedic care providers using Cryoport’s purpose-built cold chain logistics solutions, which extend the shelf life of live tissue cells.
The Foundation for Physical Therapy announced January 24 that it has reached its goal of raising $3 million to fund a Center of Excellence for training physical therapists in health services research. The mission of the Center of Excellence for Health Services/Health Policy…
The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) announced in January that the American Medical Association (AMA) has selected APMA nominee James Wrobel, DPM, to serve on the AMA’s Endocrine Clinical Work Group, part of its Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA–PCPI).
Orpyx Medical Technologies, a supplier of wearable sensor-based technologies headquartered in Calgary, Canada, in January launched its flagship product, the SurroSense Rx System, into the US market. The system, which collects plantar pressure data through…
Pluristem Therapeutics, a developer of placenta-based cell therapies based in Haifa, Israel, released on January 21 positive results from its phase I/II safety and efficacy trial of its PLX-PAD (placental expanded) cells for treatment of muscle injury. PLX-PAD cells, which release therapeutic proteins…
The National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association (NBATA) awarded Chicago Bulls Head Athletic Trainer Fred Tedeschi, ATC, with its 2012-2013 Joe O’Toole Athletic Trainer of the Year honor at the January 27 faceoff between the Bulls and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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