Press

February 2011

Susan B. Komen for the Cure chosen as cause for January

(Kalamazoo, MI)

January 3, 2011   Goodbye Crutches Reports 2nd Consequtive Record Year.

(Kalamazoo, MI)

September 2010  Grand Opening of Goodbye Crutches New Facilities

(Kalamazoo, MI)

July 2010   Serving the Nation from a larger facility in Kalamazoo

(Kalamazoo, MI)  Goodbye Crutches (Surgical Specialties Medical Devices, LLC) the nation’s largest distributor of crutch alternatives announced the expansion of it’s Kalamazoo Michigan operation in the Business One Industrial Park.  “As we service the entire nation with alternatives to crutches, what started as a home based enterprirse has outgrown our current facilities” said Tom Schwab, President.  Staying in the same development they were able to more than double there square footage.  With shipping facilites in the Texas, Nevada and Pennsylvania, the Kalamazoo facility serves the greater Midwest while housing all customer service and administrative support.  Schwab explained “To better service more customers we’re adding more space.  Soon we will be adding more jobs”

May 2010: Fast relief nation wide with Pennsylvania Shipping Facility

(Kalamazoo, MI / Harrisburg, PA)

March 2010: Faster relief for the West Coast with new distribution facility

(Kalamazoo, MI / Reno, NV)

March 2010: Goodbye Crutches featured at Midwest Podiatry Conference

(Chicago, IL)

February 2010:   Army Major JD Eskelson Named Inspiration of the Year

(Kalamazoo, MI)

December 2009  Faster Relief provided through a Southern Distribution Facility

(Kalamazoo, MI / Dallas, TX)

July 1, 2009: Focus on Crutch Alternatives

(Kalamazoo, MI) Surgical Specialties Medical Devices, LLC  announced today that it effective August 1st it will cease representing Wright Medical Technologies in out state Michigan in order to focus on it’s Goodbye Crutches line. “Our physician customers told us what they really needed was solutions  to help their healing pateints stay off there healing foot while maintaining there lifestyle & livlihood” according to Tom Schwab, President.  What started as a ancillary product line to the surgical implant line quickly expanded.  “As local patients took their knee scooter on vacation we got calls and requests from those battling crutches through out the nation”.  Goodbye Crutches serve the entire US from its’ current Kalamazoo, Michigan Headquarters at 2949 Business One Drive.

March 2009: (Chicago, IL)  Goodbye Crutches featured at Midwest Podiatry Show

January 2009  Surgical Specialties named largest distributor of Turning Leg Caddies