Life in Motion

Our Vision

A future where every person can receive transformative mobility care.

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Our Mission

We advance the people and ideas that restore mobility, independence, and quality of life.

Our Purpose

Formerly the Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research (O&P Foundation), the Live in Motion Foundation is the only national 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated exclusively to advancing orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic care.

We invest in the people and ideas that restore mobility, independence, and quality of life through scholarships, professional development, research funding, and strategic initiatives. 

By supporting clinicians, researchers, educators, and future professionals, we strengthen the mobility care workforce and accelerate innovations that improve outcomes for millions of people who rely on mobility care every day.

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Our Programs

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30 million
American adults live with mobility challenges

Orthotics, prosthetics, and pedorthics help people regain mobility, confidence, and independence after injury, illness, limb loss, or other physical challenges. 

Through custom braces, artificial limbs, specialized footwear, and expert clinical care, these services enable children to play, adults to work, older adults to remain active, and individuals of all ages to live fuller, more connected lives.

Tens of millions of Americans live with conditions requiring orthotic (bracing), prosthetic (artificial limbs), and/or pedorthic (foot support) care.
800,000 Americans

are impacted by stroke every year, the number one driver for orthotic device prescriptions

THE WORK

We invest in the clinicians who evaluate, fit, and follow patients, from residency programs to advanced training on complex populations like stroke survivors. 

 
Less than 8,000 clinicians

serve the tens of millions of patients needing care in America

THE WORK
We invest in education and training to help more skilled mobility care clinicians enter the field, especially where access to qualified providers is limited.  
 
5.6 million Americans

 have limb loss or difference, while only 1.7 million use a prosthesis

THE WORK
We fund clinical research that quantifies what prosthetic care produces; in restored function, independence, employment, mental health, and lives extended.