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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 ...

Jim Ashworth-Beaumont lost his right arm after he was run over by a 40-tonne truck whilst out cycling last year. Prior to the accident, he spent 20 years working as a prosthetist and orthotist for the ...

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.

At Chris Kort’s midtown Manhattan office, Eric has stopped by to try on his new foot. Kort, prosthetist and president of Prosthetics in Motion, has created a new, lighter device for him to try. It ...

At least 10,000 amputations occur in Korea every year as a result of accidents, infections, or injuries. Kim Jung-hyun has been making prosthetics at Silobionic, a company established 14 years ago ...

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 ...