NAME: Eric Shoemaker TITLE: Certified prosthetist orthotist COMPANY: Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics in Hampden Twp., Gettysburg and York YEARS IN FIELD: 13 Q: What does a prosthetist do? A: ...

In the United States, approximately 185,000 people have an amputation each year, 507 people lose a limb each day, and 2.1 million people currently live with limb loss. By 2050, this number will reach ...

Join medical resident Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she shadows a prosthetic resident. Learn how prosthetics are made and meet Wayne, who had a below-knee amputation following a workplace accident.

Prosthetist Shane Ryley shows the care and technology needed to make the high-performance limbs that have revolutionized sports for people with disabilities.

SAN ANTONIO — Kirk Simendinger was working as an aide to a physical therapist years ago, helping patients exercise. A patient with a reconstructed shoulder sauntered in one day in shorts, and ...

Fans of the 2011 movie "Dolphin Tale" may not know that it is based on a real-life situation, and that one of the characters the movie took some time to visit New Jersey this week. In the movie, a ...

A medical resident shadows a prosthetist to uncover how custom prosthetic limbs are planned, designed, molded, and fitted for patients rebuilding their lives after limb loss. Scott Bessent reveals ...