You should consider checking for their qualifications and credentials so you can be sure you are working with the right professionals who can help you. Also, find out if the prosthetist is certified and if the facility where he or she works is accredited by one of the two accrediting organizations in the United States; the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC) and the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC). Then you should go further to ask questions to see if the prosthetist is the right match for you and also if they can do what you need.

An orthotist is a professional who helps individuals to provide support or supporting devices to body parts that have been weakened by injury or disease. A prosthetist, on the other hand, is a professional who makes and deals with the fitting of artificial limbs for people with total limb loss.

Doctors that are specially trained in the work of fabrication and custom fitting of artificial limbs called Prostheses are called Prosthetists. They are the doctors who are more specialized to work with prostheses.

Prosthetics is simply the evaluation, designing, and fitting of artificial limbs. It is a procedure aimed at helping individuals with limb loss to maintain or enhance their function and lifestyle.