POA’s new facility is open for business! Once the dust has settled and the pictures have been hung we’ll take some photos and give you all a video tour of the place. 🙂 The address remains the same, only the suite number has changed (now #38).
POA patient Jeff Moore was recently fit with the X2 bionic knee (military version of the Genium). He says it definitely lives up to the hype! Â Â Â X2/Genium Video
“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” – Unknown    Anthony Burruto pitching
Last year around this time, Roger Simon was getting used to his new prostheses and using a cane for support. When he returned to our office this past week for a new set of legs, we were happy to hear that his cane is now gathering some serious dust in a closet! Â Â read more –> Roger Simon, Bi-lateral BK/Symes
Who says you can’t have fun at your prosthetist’s office? POA prosthetic resident and AK amputee Ronnie Dickson challenged Ellie to a cartwheel contest during her recent visit to our office. Can you guess who the winner was? Let’s just say this: Ronnie may be a rock climber, but Ellie definitely ROCKS!!!! click here to view video proof —>Rock Climber vs. Little Girl
Sergeant Major Chris Self is the definition of a hero. While on active duty with the U.S. Army in December 2005, Chris sustained gunshot wounds to both legs during a combat operation in Iraq. One of the bullets severed the sciatic nerve in his right leg, leaving it paralyzed. Click on the following link to learn how he refused to let his injuries and subsequent amputation of his leg below
Before Maria, a knee disarticulate (through the knee) amputee left Orlando to return to her home in Colombia. She wanted to make sure her shoes/boots would work with her new prosthetic leg, and as you will see, they did! Click here to view video of Maria walking
Congratulations to Sergeant First Class Josh Olson for earning a nomination to the 2012 Paralympic Team! While serving in Iraq in 2003, Josh was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade which resulted in the loss of his right leg from the hip down. POA’s original vacuum hip system was actually designed by Stan Patterson for Josh when he was sent to us by Walter Reed Hospital for rehabilitation and development of
Last week Brett was fit with a new prosthesis. During the process he spent some time with POA patient Chris Self, a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army Special Forces. Before Chris left, he gave Brett some Special Forces patches which Brett excitedly asked us to laminate onto his new prosthetic socket. It looks awesome and he is so proud to wear it! Thank you, SM Chris Self! Click here
Caleb Rivera, age 21, lost his leg above the knee to osteosarcoma (bone cancer) Â 15 years ago. He never felt comfortable in the prosthetic limbs he was fit with over the years, and they were not durable enough for his active life. Frustrated, Caleb traded his prosthesis for crutches, and for four years that’s how he walked…..until a few weeks ago. A chance meeting between Caleb’s pastor and a POA
Prosthetic & Orthotic
Associates of Hawaii
1314 S. King Street
Suite 1564
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone:Â (808) 597-1773
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