You decide to go to a restaurant, what do you do first? According to BrightLocal, if you’re like 86% of consumers, you will check the business reviews online. This habit is convenient for consumers, but for those small businesses on the receiving end of those reviews, it can cause quite a bit of heartburn.
A recent Pubmed search for the keyword “burnout” retrieved 14,244 results. However, a search for “burnout and prosthetist” or “burnout and orthotist,” fetched 0 results. Clearly we need more research on the effects of burnout on the prosthetic and orthotic clinician. For now, let’s uncover what we know about burnout and how O&P professionals can work to prevent it.
Topics: o&p industry, tips
The 2019 SPS Student Scholarship winners have been selected. Sixty-nine dedicated Master’s Degree students from accredited orthotics and prosthetic institutions all over the country applied for two scholarship awards.
Topics: scholarship, student scholarship
With parcel carriers like FedEx and UPS raising rates by 4.9 percent annually, finding ways to save on shipping is top-of-mind for many clinicians. To help clinicians like you, we have compiled four small changes that can help recoup shipping costs.
Topics: SPS Online Store, tips
Elevated vacuum systems provide outstanding reliability and security, and SPS offers two types of systems from WillowWood: LimbLogic®, an electronic system, and the new LimbLogic M, a mechanical system.
Here’s how to help decide which system is right for your patients.
Topics: o&p, o&p industry, sponsored, product feature
Finding time to learn about the latest prosthetic and orthotic products can be difficult. Here at SPS, we’re expanding our Clinical Services Team and offerings to provide easy and accessible clinical education programs and CEUs.
Topics: o&p, o&p industry, clinical services, the clinical minute
We've gathered the top 5 search tips for finding the products you need on the SPS Online Store.
When you apply these tips to your search habits, you'll have more success with your search results and honestly, get on and off the website faster. That's the goal, right?
Topics: SPS Online Store, tips
The SPS team had the fortunate opportunity to visit Vancouver, BC, Canada to attend the AOPA National Assembly 2018. There are many reasons why we love exhibiting at this show, but there's nothing quite like visiting a beautiful city like Vancouver.
Take a look at some of our favorite moments.
New enhancements offer improved comfort, fit and performance
Aspen Medical Products, the leader in the design and development of spinal orthotics, launched a redesign of its popular Vista Lower Spine Line – the same great product with beneficial improvements. Utilizing all of the same innovative and foundational pieces unique to the original Vista Line, these improvements help to make the new line one of the most advanced on the market.
Topics: aspen, product feature
The Clinical Minute is a series of short videos designed to give you bite-sized training on O&P products.
With The Clinical Minute, you'll learn about:
Topics: o&p, clinical services, the clinical minute
