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Today marks the seven year anniversary of the date Diana Nyad completed her record breaking 100.86 mile, 52 hr 54 min swim from Cuba to Key West, Fl. We played a small role in her journey by custom making a silicone mask to protect her from deadly box jellyfish stings during her swim. It’s hard

Our Certified Clinical Anaplastologist, Gina, puts the finishing touches on a below knee prosthetic leg before painting day. We do not use molds to create our lower limb prostheses. We sculpt them by hand out of a unique type of platinum silicone categorized as High Consistency Rubber which is sold by www.factor2.com.

An article by our founder and owner, Stefan Knauss, was recently published in O&P Edge Magazine.  Stefan is always looking to utilize materials to come up with original strategies for tackling tough cases.  In this article, he details how to create a socket with a seamless connection between HCR silicone rubber and hard resin laminate.

California’s mild winter weather doesn’t require boots or sneakers over the holidays. Being a lower limb amputee shouldn’t either.

Our primary goal is to create a prosthesis that truly satisfies each of our clients and it is always great to hear feedback after they have taken it home. Some of our clients prefer to have a second or “back-up” prosthesis in the event something should happen to one. We created an ear for this