Howard Rehab Center features a team of highly trained clinical experts providing prosthetics (artificial limbs) and orthotics (orthopedic braces) in Watertown, NY and Canton, New York.
Designed to live the lifestyle you want to live
In 2008, Jerry Vecchio had a tragic accident while riding his motorcycle. One year later, after facing numerous complications, he was faced with an unavoidable decision to amputate his left leg below the knee. A very active person before the accident, he knew his life would now be changed forever, but he would never imagine how he would take this tragedy to improve his overall health, and in a roundabout way, even improve it.
We are pleased to announce we have opened a second location in Canton, NY. This will allow us to better serve the large number of patients we have from St. Lawrence County.
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where Roger Howard, CPO and owner of Howard’s Othotics and Prosthetics received his education and certification, is leading the way in the technological advancements in bionic prosthetics. The institute recently received national recognition for it’s research in testing the performance of a bionic leg under extreme conditions. Click links below …
Engineered for Battle: Prosthetic technology By: Brian Dwyer – 06/01/2012 10:57 AM – YNN Over the past decade, Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division have seen some 6,000 soldiers suffer an injury. In the final part of our series “Engineered for Battle,” Brian Dwyer leaves Fort Drum and heads to a nearby Watertown company …
The annual Festival of Trees in Watertown broke all sorts of records this year. The event held this past weekend at the state office building in Watertown raised nearly $107,000 for children’s programs at Samaritan Medical Center and the local YMCA. More than 50 trees decorated by various businesses and residents all sold at auction. …
America’s anomaly: The place where war is a constant By Moni Basu, CNN Watertown, New York (CNN) — Summer is nearing an end, and on this Saturday, a street festival is one last celebration of the season, sure to give way to the bitter chill of winter in upstate New York. People gather downtown before …
By DANIEL WOOLFOLK TIMES STAFF WRITER Story Courtesy of the Watertown Daily Times: FORT DRUM — Spc. Matthew R. Hayes stood frozen, not sure which way to move. With one soldier already lying on the ground injured, Spc. Hayes and other 10th Mountain Division soldiers now realized that the Afghan hill they had just climbed …
