What If the Most Powerful Assistive Technology Was Already in Your Shoe?

What If the Most Powerful Assistive Technology Was Already in Your Shoe? The foot is the body’s most sophisticated interface with the world. We’ve been underengineering it for decades. Here’s what changes when you take that seriously. The foot is a marvel of applied physics. Twenty-six bones, thirty-three joints, more than a hundred muscles, tendons, […]

The Balance Paradox: Why Fear of Falling Makes You More Likely to Fall

The Balance Paradox: Why Fear of Falling Makes You More Likely to Fall And what a hidden exoskeleton in a sneaker can do about it. Every year, approximately 24% of adults over 65 fall. That’s roughly 14 million Americans and the number is rising as the country ages. The healthcare costs associated with those falls […]

The Compounding Injury: How a Single Ankle Sprain Can End a Military Career

The Compounding Injury: How a Single Ankle Sprain Can End a Military Career Service members experience lateral ankle sprains at five times the civilian rate. Most people don’t realize how often they come back and what happens when they do. by Mark Roser Lateral ankle sprain is the most common musculoskeletal injury in the military. […]