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| Miki Fairley |
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many O&P facility staffs include caring, knowledgeable certified mastectomy fitters (CMFs), many of whom are themselves breast cancer survivors. They fit clients with forms and prostheses, often along with bras, swimsuits, and even turbans and wigs. But they frequently perform an even more valuable service: post-mastectomy education, along with a caring attitude and a listening ear, which helps their clients cross that "Bridge Back to a Healthy World," as the article by Bebe Tamberg, CMF, describes it.
Physical therapists are valuable allies to O&P practitioners and essential members of the rehab team. But are they also competitors? This issue presents views from orthotists/prosthetists; upcoming issues will include the perspectives of physical therapists and practitioners who are educated in both fields.
"Shop Talk" discusses "One-Shot Socket Lamination with a Shuttle Lock." A PowerPoint presentation demonstrating this technique is available online.
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