A Step Forward, LLC

Specialties

We are a première custom orthotic and prosthetic services company. We have been providing exceptional service in Portland and Salem since 2006.

History

Established in 2006.

A Step forward, LLC, is a premier Orthotic and Prosthetic company opened in May, 2006 by Megan McCarthy CO, LO. She has worked in Portland, Oregon since arriving from Toronto, Canada in 1996. She has over 25 years experience in custom bracing.

Meet the Business Owner

Megan M.

Business Owner

Megan McCarthy is a certified/​licensed orthotist (CO, LO) who has been working in the field since 1990. She received an Honors B.SC. in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo in Canada and went on to finish post-​graduate work in Orthotics and Prosthetics from George Brown College in Toronto. She completed her orthotic residency at Shriner’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon in 1997. She was nationally certified in orthotics in 1998. Megan has focused her orthotic practice on pediatric, spinal (specifically scoliosis), and neuromuscular disorders. She is also well trained in podiatric, functional foot orthotic assessment and fabrication. Among her strengths is her compassion for people and her ability to solve difficult orthopedic and neuromuscular situations. She lives with her goofy corgie named Rhys.