Shoals Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc.

11/11/2022

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you for your service!

09/21/2021

Our beloved owner/boss will truly be missed. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the next few days.

Jerry Swanson, 70, departed from this life on September 18, 2021, after a brief illness at Huntsville Medical Center in Huntsville, AL. He was born in Bruce, MS, on September 26, 1950, to the late Willie Ardell Swanson and Wilma Lee Tutor Swanson. Jerry was a devoted Christian and a

01/27/2021

We are having issues with our phones. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Hopefully they will get them fixed and taking your calls soon.

11/11/2020

12/24/2019

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas!

10/07/2015

Wearing teal today to support Trigeminal Neuralgia. Our dear friend and coworker has this disease and we are supporting her.

08/26/2015

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08/13/2015

Benjamin Franklin Palmer was awarded the first American patent for an artificial limb, for a design based on a British artificial limb. The foot is made from a block of wood, but followed the natural shape of a foot and could be inserted in a regular shoe. Notice how Palmer solves the problem of the foot, despite using rigid material. The foot pivots on the ankle hinge during the contact, recoil and passing phase. Elastic bands around the heel and ankle stretch at the heel strike, releasing energy in the recoil and passing phase of the walk cycle while the limb is weight bearing. The toes pivot, twisting a spring inside the foot during the high point, helping push off as the leg moves from the passing phase into the contact phase. Palmer provided almost a third of the artificial legs issued to Civil War amputees – 1,141 legs total.

08/04/2015

We need everyone to help out with this. Please sign this to put a stop to the new Medicare LCD!!

Medicare, through its contractors, has proposed new coverage, coding, and clinical care guidelines that would have a profoundly negative impact on amputees across the United States.

06/30/2014

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