what is djo

DJO is an American medical device company that produces a variety of orthopedic products for rehabilitation, pain management, and physical therapy. It has multiple divisions including Bracing & Supports, Surgical, Footcare, Healthcare Solutions, Recovery, and Consumer. DJO has more than five thousand employees in more than a dozen facilities around the world. The company was founded in 1978 as DonJoy, a small company founded in a Carlsbad, California garage by the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line captain, Mark Nordquist and a local lawyer, Ken Reed. In 1987, the company was acquired by British medical device conglomerate, Smith & Nephew, for $20 million. In 2019, DJO Global closed the acquisition of Novastep®, a subsidiary of Amplitude Surgical SA, and global developer of clinically proven foot and ankle solutions.