EXHIBIT 5
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                                August 12, 1999


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549


                  Re:  Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
                       Registration Statement on Form S-4
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Gentlemen:

     We are counsel to Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. (the "Company") and have
represented the Company in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-
4 being filed by it today with the Commission (together with all exhibits
thereto, the "Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement relates to an
offering (the "Exchange Offer") of $150 million principal amount of the
Company's registered 11-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "Registered
Notes") in exchange for the Company's presently outstanding, unregistered 11-
1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "Unregistered Notes"). The
Unregistered Notes were and the Registered Notes will be issued pursuant to an
Indenture, dated as of June 26, 1999 (the "Indenture"), among the Company,
certain subsidiaries of the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as
Trustee. The domestic subsidiaries of the Company (the "Guarantors") are
guaranteeing the Unregistered Notes and the Registered Notes and their
guarantees (the "Guarantees")are being registered under the Registration
Statement.

     This opinion is being delivered to the Commission as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.

     We have examined (1) the Articles of Incorporation, and all amendments
thereto, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (2) the
By-Laws of the Company, certified by the Secretary of the Company as being those
currently in effect, (3) the Registration Statement, (4) the Indenture and (5)
such other corporate records, certificates, documents and other


instruments as in our opinion are necessary or appropriate in connection with
expressing the opinions set forth below.

     Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

     1.   The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under
          the laws of the State of Delaware.

     2.   When the Registered Notes shall have been issued in exchange for
          Unregistered Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer as provided
          in the Registration Statement, the Registered Notes thus issued will
          be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     3.   The Guarantees of the Registered Notes, when such Guarantees are
          issued in accordance with the Indenture and the Registration
          Statement, will be legally issued and legally binding obligations of
          the Guarantors.

     This firm hereby consents to the reference to it under the heading "Legal
Matters" appearing in the Prospectus which is part of the Registration
Statement.


                             Sincerely,



                             Freedman, Levy, Kroll & Simonds


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