Buyers' Guide to Foot Care The November printed edition of the O&P Almanac has our second annual Buyer’s Guide to Foot Care, which features the latest products in pedorthics, from extra-depth footwear to lower-limb orthoses. Take a look at the O&P Yellow Pages, AOPA's online, year-round product guide.
November 2007

By Dennis Janisse, C.Ped.
Silver, copper and bamboo don’t sound like pedorthic materials. But bound to textile fibers, they are a pedorthist’s dream—wicking away moisture and resisting bacteria to promote wound healing and comfort for patients.

By Erick Janisse, C.Ped., CO
Your patient’s prescription reads “Heel pain.” How should you treat it? Learn how foot pain conditions may appear similar, but need to be addressed quite differently.

By Rebecca St. Andrie with Bill Boettge
Certified pedorthists are making a comeback in independent shoe stores, as more and more customers are looking for shoes that have comfort as well as style.

Attendees of the 2007 AOPA National Assembly won big in Las Vegas, with stimulating educational sessions, a vast exhibit hall and lots of networking opportunities.

Five Questions For...Stuart Mead
Stuart Mead, CEO of Touch Bionics, tells AOPA what makes his new i-LIMB Hand a unique advance in myoelectrics and gives a preview of what upper-limb products the company will debut next.

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