Karen Jacobs, EdD OTR/L of Boston University, Sargent College, awards Sarah Doherty the Occupational Therapy Alumni Award, for developing SideStix!
Sarah receives Alumni Award.
The Award Certificate.
Sarah & Kerith are representing SideStix at the American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference in Orlando Florida.
The exhibition hall opened yesterday evening (Thursday 29th April) after a rousing opening ceremony that had the floor (literally) rocking!
The new forum is available to everyone with an interest in SideStix. Feel free to read & post. We want the SideStix Sports Crutch to be the best it can be – and that includes incorporating YOUR valuable feedback!
TIA!
SideStix assembly & shipping has a new home!
We now have a workshop on the Sunshine Coast that provides ample space to assemble, test & ship SideStix & accessories.
Component manufacturing is carried out at Foreman CNC machine shop on Vancouver Island and the components are then transported to the Sunshine Coast where the SideStix are customized to individual user’s preferences & dimensions.
On Wednesday 10th March, 2010, we opened for business, with a full line-up of products and a shopping cart system that accepts all major credit cards.
It’s been quite a journey to get to this point, and no doubt there will be ‘bugs’ to contend with, however the systems are in place and Sidestix are being shipped!
In early March, 2010, Foreman CNC in Victoria, BC, completed manufacturing components for 100 pairs of SideStix & accessories.
Just as SideStix are evolving, so too is the production process and every component is optimized for maximum manufacturing efficiency together with absolute uncompromising quality. For example, the shock absorber assembly and foot assembly components are machine to tolerances of less than two thousandths of an inch!
From December ’09 to February ’10, fifteen users tested SideStix in all walks of life, from urban streets to snow covered mounatains, from the frozen wastes of the Antarctic, to the sandy beaches of Hawaii.
We received excellent feedback and have made some changes to SideStix – to accommodate those suggestions.
SideStix is an end-user driven product and it will continue to evolve and improve.
