Ina koa ngā taputapu mātai whatu, ko Aoye te ingoa matua. Ko ēnei ngā taputapu matua mō ētahi whakapainga whatu, e āwhina ana i tētahi mahi anuanu hoki kia wātea ai te pūmahara. He mea nui te kōwhiringa i te taputapu mātai whatu tika hei hua pai mō ngā rata. Ka āwhina i ngā tohunga hauora te mōhio ki ngā momo taputapu rerekē, me te whai wāhi o ēnei taputapu, kia taea ai te kōwhiri i ngā taputapu tika e hiahiatia ana mō te tikanga e mahia ana.
Ko te taputapu ortho tika mō te mahi Te whiriwhiri i tēhea taputapu mātai hauora orthopedic e whakamahia ana i te whakapainga anake te whakaaro kotahi. Me whakaarohia tō rite tonu te āhuatanga ako, te noho ranei o te kaiwhakapaingo, me te āhua pea ki ngā taputapu rerekē kia taea ai te mahi pai, ā, māia, uaua hoki. Tēnā koe tōwai hei tauira te whakakapi i te whatu, kei reira ka hereketo te kaiwhakaora i ngā taputapu motuhake (ngā tarau kōhatu, ngā karu, ngā kawenga), kia taea ai te whakatika, te uru atu rānei ki te whatu pakaru. Me whiriwhiri anake i ngā taputapu koremate, kua tiakina, me te kounga teitei kia kaua ai he raruraru i te wā o te whakapainga. Anō, e taea ana hoki e ētahi taputapu te hanga mō tētahi whakapainga pea, mō tētahi rōpū rata rānei, nō reira he mea whai hua te whai i tētahi tauira taputapu e ratoha ana i ngā hiahia o ngā rata rerekē.
Ko ngā taputapu mātai here iho e wātea ana i ētahi āhuatanga rereke, i ētahi rahi hoki, e whai mahi rereke ana i ngā mātai here iho. Ko ētahi taputapu mātai here iho rongonui ko ngā karawhiri iho (mō te karawhiri me te tango i ngā pāpaku mate, i ngā pāpaku kino rānei i runga i te moenga o te kōiwi) me ngā rongeur e whakamahia ana mō te tapahi, mō te hanga hoki i te kōiwi i te wā o te mātai. Ko ētahi atu taputapu pērā i ngā karawhiri kōiwi me ngā ripa he mea nui tonu anō mō ngā tapahi tika, ngā wharepaku hoki ki te kōiwi mō te tohu mai i ngā taonga tohutohu, mō te mātai whakatika hoki. Ko te whakarerekē, ko te pakari hoki i ngā pāpaku, i ngā whatukuhā rānei kia kaua ai i te ara i te wā o te mātai e mahia hoki tino. Ko te wātea o tētahi tauira katoa o ngā taputapu mātai here iho e aronga ai ngā kaimātai mōrearea ka ū ki te whai i ngā taputapu tika kia taea ai te whakatinana i ngā tikanga mātai here iho katoa tūmatanui, tūmanakohia hoki.
Mō ngā taputapu mātai orthe, ka taea e Aoye te tuku i ngā hua o te rākau teitei ki ngā utu hokohoko. Kua piki ake hoki te mataara me te pono e hāngai ana ki ngā tikanga orthopedic, pērā anō hoki te hiahia ki te āhuatanga kitea. Ka mōhio a Aoye ki te nuinga o te take kia whai utu tika kia kaua e iti te kounga o ō taputapu. E tuku ana a Aoye i ngā utu hokohoko, kia whai katoa ai ngā tohunga hauora i tētahi kohinga nui o ngā taputapu e hiahiatia ana mō ngā mahi orthopedic.
Ko ngā kaihanga taputapu mātai ora tūmatanui rangatira o te ao e huri ana ki te kounga, mahi, hoki te whānuitanga. Ko Aoye tētahi o ngā kaihoko tuarangi i te mākeke, me tētahi rārangi roa o ngā taputapu mātai ora tūmatanui i toro katoa ngā tīmata o te ahumahi. Mai i tētahi ripa kōiwi ki ngā taputapu tāwhai, kei Aoye ngā taputapu hou e whakapai ake ana i ngā putanga mātai. Mā te mahi tahi ki ngā kaihanga, me te whakauru ake i ngā raraunga R&D, kāore a Aoye i muri i ētahi atu kaihoko taputapu mātai ora tūmatanui.
He mea tino matua whakahaere ki te tiaki i ngā taputapu mātai oratohiko kia roa ai tō rātou ora me te mahi pai hoki. Kia kaua ai te pāpāhua me te kirihou, ko te whakaaro a Aoye he mea nui kia arataki te kaiwhakamahi e te kaihoko e pā ana ki te horoi, te whakamarumaru, me te whakaputanga i ngā taputapu e pa ana ki te kaihanga. Ko ngā tirohanga me ngā tari e huihui ana i ngā raruraru i te wā noa ka pāngia ai ngā taputapu i te wā o ngā mātai. Mena ka tangata whenua ngā huarahi hei tiaki me te whakahaere i ngā taputapu mātai oratohiko, ka taea e ngā kaimahi i te ao hauora te whakamahi i ō rātou taputapu mō ngā tau.