Lower Extremity Review
The ArtAssist, a home-use device for treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD), applies intermittent pneumatic compression to the foot, ankle, and calf. The compression regimen is designed to simulate the vascular benefits of brisk walking, but without pain. The...
Intelligent Ice is a temperature controlled cooling solution from Intelligent Inventions. Intelligent Ice can be used for up to four hours at a safe temperature of 7°-8° C to minimize tissue and nerve damage. Each reusable, solution-filled pad comes with a protective...
With the recent growth in the use of black thermoplastic and carbon fiber materials for ankle foot orthoses (AFOs), Becker Orthopedic offers a new matching thermoformable joint option: the Black Tamarack Flexure Joint. Tamarack Flexure Joints self co-align the medial...
Pro-Tec Athletics offers the new Pro-Tec Travel Size Roller Massager with Trigger Point Release Grips, the newest addition to the company’s full line of sports medicine products. The travel size roller massager is designed to reduce muscle tightness, soreness, and...
Building on the success of its original Total Support insoles, Spenco Medical Corporation now debuts the Total Support Thin and Total Support Max insoles. The insoles are designed to provide advanced support for the heel and arch, combined with increased shock...
Understated and high performing, the Ultra Zoom ankle brace is now available in white. At the request of customers, Breg is offering this popular brace in a color that won’t stand out when worn with team uniforms—just in time for volleyball, girls’ basketball, soccer,...
I set foot in a gym this summer for the first time in 14 years. I was nervous, but not for the reasons you might think. I wasn’t worried about not knowing how to use the equipment, or being less fit than other members, or the possibility of running into someone I knew.
Jordana Bieze Foster, Editor
A new study by market analysis company Espicom, headquartered in Chichester, UK, suggests advanced wound care products are not reaching their potential value or audience and that their use is constrained by tightened healthcare spending and slow clinical adoption,...
The American College of Foot and Ankle Pediatrics (ACFAP) appointed Louis J. DeCaro, DPM, West Hatfield, MA, vice president at the American Podiatric Medical Association’s (APMA) national convention, held last month in Washington DC. Decaro, who is medical director...
On October 29 and 30 the Cleveland Clinic will hold its 10th annual Medical Innovation Summit, which this year focuses on advances in orthopedic technology, including those in concussion detection, joint replacement, and regenerative medicine. More than 1000...
Jackson Hole Boot Camp, based in Jackson Hole, WY, is a fitting and medical education program that blends pedorthics and sports medicine to help medical professionals and gear industry employees learn biomechanics and advanced ski boot fitting skills for sports that...
The Pedorthic Footcare Association will hold its 53rd annual symposium November 1-3 in Little Rock, AR. Symposium guests can earn continuing education credits while checking out more than 100 exhibitors between educational sessions covering topics from wound care to...
Gainesville, FL-based OPIE Software announced in September that Össur Americas, based in Foothill Ranch, CA, has agreed to be an integrated supplier within the OPIE Software system and on the website oandp.com. The integration will allow OPIE Software users and...
Bayreuth, Germany-based medi, a medical device company that produces a variety of products, has bought San Diego-based CircAid to expand its compression therapy division. CircAid specializes in compression garments for treatment of lymphedema, venous disease, and...
The University of Iowa in Iowa City will host the Ponseti International Association’s 2012 International Clubfoot Symposium, which focuses on approaches, treatment, and outcomes of the Ponseti method and promotes community building among healthcare providers involved...
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