“My quality of life is wonderful, in large part thanks to my Knit-Rite socks providing exceptional comfort and support to my amputated leg,” says BK amputee, Abby Meyer, 34. Since Abby was amputated at 11 months old, she has only known life as an amputee, making her well-adjusted to living life with limb loss. 

In 1911, R.W. "Pop" Snell began Snell’s Limbs and Braces. 112 years later, the fourth generation owner of the now called Snell Prosthetics & Orthotics joined us on The O&P Check-in: an SPS Podcast with his daughter, the CFO, to share the unique nature of running a longstanding family-owned business and the obstacles and opportunities that come with it.

In this episode of The Clinical Minute, Sam Brouillette, CP, CFo, and SPS Manager of Clinical Education gives a quick overview of the latest Quattro microprocessor knee app update.

In this episode of The Clinical Minute, SPS Senior Clinical Education Specialist Liz Hillen, M.Ed, CPO, LPO, provides a quick overview of the medi USA Spinomed.

From backlogs of shipping containers to labor shortages and capacity limitations, the pandemic caused a great deal of challenges within the supply chain last year. While some of the challenges have finally subsided, we are still witnessing lingering impacts. From a shipping perspective, carriers are in a much stronger position to handle this year’s peak holiday shipping season.

Thuasne USA’s Director of Clinical Education Jak Kesselring, CO, MSPO, joins SPS Senior Clinical Education Specialist Liz Hillen, M.Ed, CPO, LPO, on The Clinical Minute to talk about the SLEEQ TLSO series from the most flexible to the most rigid.

The Trulife Lerman Minerva cervical orthosis is an exceptional option for stabilizing the cervical spine and upper thoracic spine after injury or surgery. In this episode of The Clinical Minute, SPS Senior Clinical Education Specialist Liz Hillen, M.Ed, CPO, LPO, provides a quick overview of the Lerman Minerva.

For non-disabled individuals, obesity can be caused by weight cycling, stress, social discrimination, eating-disordered behavior, poverty, and a list of other factors. The extra weight can add a great deal of stress on the body and the mind. Obese individuals struggle with social stigma, inappropriate humor, and perceived and actual discrimination, which can culminate in healthcare avoidance. This is alarming for many reasons, but especially because the obese population is more prone to complications like diabetes and vascular disease that can then lead to amputations.

Thuasne USA’s Director of Clinical Education Jak Kesselring, CO, MSPO, joins SPS Clinical Marketing Consultant Liz Hillen, M.Ed., CPO, LPO, on The Clinical Minute to talk about the SLEEQ Adapt range, including the SLEEQ Adapt 627, SLEEQ Adapt 631, and SLEEQ Adapt 637.

The SPS Check-in features news about SPS, the O&P industry, business trends, and changes to the regulation environment. In this episode, Vice President of Operations Coleson Chase chats with Chief Supply Chain Officer Kate Means to review our supply chain optimization strategy and the state of the supply chain industry.