If you’ve been using Tamarack Flexure Joints™ in your practice to fabricate custom orthotic-prosthetic devices for clients, we hope you’ll request a copy of our new Tamarack Flexure Joint Fabrication Guide. Complete with nearly 30 pages of full-color images and detailed instructions, the Tamarack Guide will assure every ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) and other lower or […]
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic did a small pilot study looking at shear reducing diabetic insoles worn by healthy subjects. Their hypothesis was that if shear reduction works with these insoles, step length should be shortened. Matassini et al. Do shear reducing diabetic insoles really reduce plantar shear? The paper is being presented on October, […]
Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, Minneapolis, MN is seeking an engineer to assist with new product development, product & technology research and product manufacturing processes. Position requires candidate to work as a project lead as well as assist other project leads as directed. Candidate will support general engineering needs for production and facilitation repairs or changes. This […]
A recent case study compared three ankle foot orthoses for treating posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD) also known as adult acquired flatfoot. Neville CG, Houck JR, Choosing among 3 ankle-foot orthoses for a patient with stage II posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2009 Nov;39(11):816-24. The case study considered a custom non-articulating […]
The tooling for making the molding dummies for Tamarack Flexure Joints™ and Tamarack Dorsiflexion Assist Flexure Joints™ was replaced this fall. This gave us the opportunity to make some minor improvements. We’ve designed the new tooling to produce the parts more efficiently, and were very careful not to change the shape or size of the […]
If you’re a Twitter user, we hope you’ll follow @TamarackHTI to stay current with news about Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, Inc., Inside Tamarack blog posts, and other orthotic/prosthetic, pedorthic, podiatry and friction management news. We have a lot of exciting product updates & launches in store for 2010. We look forward to hearing from our customers! […]
On behalf of everyone at Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, I’d like wish all our customers, friends and business partners a safe and wonderful Christmas and holiday season. Holiday Hours, in observance of Christmas and New Years Day Tamarack will be closed December 24-27th, returning to normal business hours on Monday December 28th, 2009. We will also […]
Tamarack Habilitation Technologies is seeking guest bloggers to write orthotic, prosthetic & pedorthic-related blog posts in 2010. First introduced in May 2009, the Inside Tamarack blog is a resource for news, commentary & insights about foot care & biomechanics information for the orthotic & prosthetic (O&P) industry. We also write topics relevant to consumers seeking […]
Plagiocephaly (or “Plagio”) is a deformation of the skull caused by repeated & consistent external pressure such as utero constraint, back sleeping or as a result of prematurity or another disorder. 1 in 300 infants exhibit some form of plagiocephaly, although the most serious developmental incidence is just 0.4 to 1 per 1,000 live births. […]
An article in the December 2009 issue of O&P Almanac, entitled “University of Michigan Advances Tissue Engineering”, reveals that researchers are identifying ways to recreate the sense of touch with artificial limb users. Funded by the Department of Defense, the research project developed from the need for better prosthetic devices for wounded troops. Traditional upper-extremity […]