Cameron Mathison looks back on his childhood in leg braces due to a degenerative bone disease. Mathison was only 2 when he was diagnosed with Legg Calve Perthes disease, a childhood disorder where the ...

A comforting innovation for those suffering from a lower-body injury is moving to the market all because one Purdue student wanted to alleviate his mother's discomfort as she recovered from a leg ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.

SAN DIEGO – A baby giraffe is getting a little extra pep in her step thanks to doctors at the San Diego Zoo. Three-month-old Msituni – which means “in the forest” in Swahili – is now skipping around ...

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"We are so glad to have the resources and expertise to step in and provide this young calf the opportunity for a full life," Matt Kinney, a senior veterinarian at the California zoo, said A ...

The challenge is to create a device that is both pliable and durable, lightweight yet supportive — a brace that is almost not a brace. “So which one are we making? The super flexible one?” Mike ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When it comes to beating the odds, Jean Maggi is a pro. After contracting polio as a child in Argentina and losing his ability to walk on his own, Maggi, 58, remains determined ...

May 13 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo was able to help a 3-month-old giraffe calf named Msituni walk and stand using an orthotic leg brace treatment. The giraffe calf had a hyperextension of the carpi, ...

Aji and Shorty, two Chilean flamingos at the Nashville Zoo, recently injured their legs. The zoo staff spent the last few months treating the birds and fitted them with specially designed orthotics on ...