VA’s 3D‑printed bowling stick restoring independence for Veteran athletes

Veteran continues quest for independence by renewing her love for bowling Francine Goode, a retired Air Force Veteran and amputee, has never stopped bowling. A new VA-engineered tool is making sure she never has to. When a VA recreational therapist at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Maryland identified a gap in available adaptive bowling equipment for Veterans, engineers in VA’s Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM) stepped in. Traditional options often required human assistance, lacked…