EXHIBIT 23(c)

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

  We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of our report dated March 19, 1999 relating to the consolidated
financial statements of NovaCare Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of June 30, 1997 and 1998, and for the fiscal years ended June
30, 1996, 1997 and 1998, which report appears in Hanger Orthopedic Group,
Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 15, 1999. We also consent to
the references to our firm under the caption "Experts" and "Selected Financial
Data" in this Registration Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 11, 1999