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Local Prosthetists Become First in Alabama to Earn Qualification
Alabama Artificial Limb & Orthopedic Service, Inc. announced that Glenn Crumpton, L.P.O., C.Ped, and Keith Uuro, L.P., recently became the first prosthetists in the state who are qualified to fit the new M.A.S. ® socket. During the fourth quarter of 2004, prosthetists from Alabama Artificial Limb & Orthopedic Service, Inc. (AAL&OS) traveled to Waterloo, Iowa with one of their patients, for intense training on casting, modifying and fitting the revolutionary M.A.S.® socket design.
The M.A.S.® socket design provides several clinical benefits including full range of motion, better functional gait and improved cosmesis. It also allows patients to sit more comfortably because there is no plastic beneath the gluteus and the prosthesis is easier to don. And despite the intimately fitting contours, the new socket design seems to be surprisingly skin-friendly.
Sockets are a very important part of any lower-extremity prosthetic device because these are the components that must be engineered to bear the weight of the individual. It is critical that the wearer's weight be distributed properly throughout the residual limb (commonly referred to as the stump).
"We were really impressed by the remarkable results that we saw during the training program," said Crumpton. "After three years of development and over a hundred fittings, Mr. Vasquez has refined the technique and made it possible for others to replicate."
A number of individuals with amputations will soon be experiencing unparalleled levels of comfort, functionality and cosmesis thanks to the Montgomery prosthetic company's ongoing commitment to bring the latest technology available to the area.
"We really do try to live up to our slogan--redefine the possible," said Crumpton, who also serves as the company's vice president. "We are always willing to go the extra mile if it means that we can offer our patients an improved device. That's why I have been especially eager to bring this concept to Montgomery and central Alabama for the benefit of anyone with a transfemoral above knee prosthesis."
Alabama Artificial Limb & Orthopedic Service, Inc. is a fully-accredited facility and is located at 1223 East South Boulevard in Montgomery, AL. The company also has an office located in Opelika.
Information may be obtained by calling the main office at (334) 284-0250 or toll-free, 1-800-457-4544.
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