The certified orthotist (CO) evaluates and designs orthoses (braces) for patients requiring protective support or correction due to muscle/bone impairment, disease, or deformity. Utilizing training in biomechanics, gait analysis/patho mechanics, kinesiology, pathology, materials science, research methods, and diagnostic-imaging techniques, the orthotist works to restore mobility and to prevent or limit disability.

The services of a certified orthotist are necessary to limit the effects of challenges from birth problems such as cerebral palsy, hemophilia, osteogenesis imperfecta, spina bifida, and malformation of the long bones. Fractures; brain damage; muscle, tendon, and cartilage tears; scoliosis and spinal cord injuries, are often helped by prescribed orthoses. Orthotic treatment often benefits those with problems caused by stroke, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis.

Whether your orthotic needs are the result of disease, traumatic injury, or congenital problems, your rehabilitation is personally prescribed. Your orthotist utilizes the prescription from your physician and will consult your physical or occupational therapist. Your orthoses will be custom designed and created on site at Plattner Orthopedic.

Orthotists and prosthetists at Plattner Orthopedic Company are certified by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc., (ABC). A certified practitioner can be identified by the credentials CP (prosthetics), CO (orthotics), or CPO (prosthetics and orthotics).