At age 66, this young grandmother—an upper limb amputee since age two—is turning her energy to a new sport, thanks to a gifted group of volunteers whose skills and experience helped to expand her recreational horizons.
Walking shouldn’t feel like an equation you have to constantly solve. For many individuals living with an above-knee amputation, navigating a grocery store aisle or simply standing up from a chair requires immense physical and mental energy. While traditional prosthetics offer stability, they still rely heavily on your own body to generate the force needed to move.
Sweating is a natural part of life. For prosthesis users, however, it presents a set of unique challenges that go well beyond discomfort. Excessive moisture trapped inside a prosthetic socket can cause skin breakdown, increase infection risk, affect socket fit, and limit daily activity.
Sweating is a natural part of life. For prosthesis users, however, it presents a set of unique challenges that go well beyond discomfort. Excessive moisture trapped inside a prosthetic socket can cause skin breakdown, increase infection risk, affect socket fit, and limit daily activity.
A successful worker with a full-time job and a part-time business of his own, Lerselle Howard’s life was drastically changed in November 1990 by a terrible accident. As a relay driver in waste management, he had just hoisted an 8,000-pound trash compactor upward when a malfunctioning cable dropped it on his right hand.
As a Lawall Team member, Prosthetic-Orthotic Technician Justin Salvaterra has had plenty of opportunities to test and compare a variety of lower limb prosthetic types and designs.
