An injured leg can cause so much pain that some wounded veterans consider amputation. A brace invented at an Army medical center in Texas is... Orthotic Brace Takes Soldiers From Limping To Leaping A ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A flamingo at the John Ball Zoo is getting some much-needed TLC after he developed a limp recently. Last winter, the zoo noticed that a 14-year-old Chilean flamingo named Andes ...

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, ...

Msituni required expert attention after she was born with her front limb bending the wrong way. A newborn giraffe has been fitted with an orthotic brace on its front leg at a zoo in the US. The calf, ...

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 ...

The episode’s hero is Derrick Campana, one of only a few people in the world who specializes in designing prosthetics and orthotic braces for animals. Campana needs to build four new prosthetics for ...

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A flamingo at the John Ball Zoo is getting some much-needed TLC after he developed a limp recently. Last winter, the zoo noticed that a 14-year-old Chilean flamingo named Andes ...