January 23, 2007  

                                         
A STEP AHEAD on the BBC

On Tuesday January 16, the British Broadcasting Company spent a full day with the patients, athletes and prosthetists of A Step Ahead Prosthetics & Orthotics in Hicksville, New York. A Step Ahead was chosen by the BBC to be included in a 6 part History Series entitled, ‘What the 20th Century Did For Us’. 

‘What the 20th Century Did For Us’
 is a 6 part BBC History series looking at the technological innovations and inventions of the last 100 years and the ways in which they have changed our world. The series is being presented by James May, a well known TV personality in England who may be familiar to US viewers who have seen the BBC show ‘Top Gear’. 

One episode in this series will be looking at the human body and the way that developments in the 20th Century have allowed us to push our bodies further than ever before; how we can live longer, we can survive in extreme climates and we can overcome incredible obstacles, pushing our bodies to new limits and new achievements. This episode will highlight how individuals can now accomplish things that would have been considered impossible 100 years ago.

Through interviews and demonstrations with patients, athletes and the clinical staff of A Step Ahead the film crew received a detailed education on the amazing advances and changes in prosthetic technology. The crew collected hours of film documenting from the early twentieth century of wooden prosthetics to today’s world of carbon graphite prosthetics for runners and micro-processor prosthetic knees and ankles for everyday use. This 6 part history series will air in the fall of this year on the BBC.   
   
A Step Ahead staff and patients are proud to have been chosen by the BBC to provide the latest information on advances in prosthetics to the world and to demonstrate that people with limb loss can live their life without limitations.

 A Step Ahead Prosthetics & Orthotics is located in Hicksville, New York. A Step Ahead  provides the following services: microprocessor controlled knees and foot and ankle systems, bionic prosthetics, custom sports prosthetics, upper extremity myo-electric prosthetics, the Skin Tones System (custom silicone cosmetic covers), insurance task force, coordinated rehabilitation & physical therapy, pediatric prosthetics, Team A Step Ahead, Junior Team A Step Ahead and a research & development department. For more information about A Step Ahead visit www.astepaheadonline.com

Live Life without Limitations!