Archive for March, 2011
POA patient Mabio Costa Participates in Triathlons!, 3/2011
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011Read the story of Mabio Costa, a below knee amputee and athlete who moved to the U.S. from Brazil in order to have access to prosthetic limbs that would enable him to compete in sports at the highest levels. Click here to read Mabio’s story >>
Tags: amputee athlete, amputee running, amputee triathlete, below knee amputee, Brazil, challenged athlete, Mabio Costa, negative pressure socket, Prosthetic & Orthotic Associates, prosthetic leg, Stan Patterson
Posted in Amputee Athletes, Amputee Events, Amputee News, Articles, Education/Information, POA Patients in the News!
POA patient Drew Johnson, Wakeboarding video “teaser” clip, 3/11/2011
Friday, March 11th, 2011Drew recently demonstrated his wakeboarding skills in a video produced by Hang Five Productions. The full video, “Express” will be released in August. View the clip on our website video gallery. Click here to view video clip
Posted in Amputee Athletes, Amputee Events, Amputee News, Amputee Videos, Articles, POA Patients in the News!
“What About the U.S.?”, O&P Edge article, March 2011, written by POA resident Ronnie Dickson
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011POA resident Ronnie Dickson recently returned from a mission trip to Haiti with POA, where they fit 7 victiims of last year’s earthquake with prosthetic limbs.The experience got him to thinking, “what about amputees in need right here in the .U.S.?” He explores that thought in the following “O&P Edge” article. Click here to view O&P Edge article
Tags: amputee, Haiti, Haitian amputees, prosthetic limbs
Posted in Amputee News, Articles, Education/Information, POA Patients in the News!
