My name is Lee Baker and I spent 20 years working as a carpenter until I found out that I had a soft tissue Sarcoma. My doctors, family, and I spent five years fighting to keep my leg, and then finally we had no choice but to amputate it, doctors had never really seen somebody with a hip disarticulation succeed with a prosthetic leg.
The first physical therapist that came to my house was not positive, so we did some research and we found Lawall Prosthetics and Orthotics in Wayne, New Jersey. The practitioner at Lawall was very positive, and that is what we needed. It wasn’t easy, it took a lot of time and effort, and the hardest thing for me was mental. I had to walk faster to keep up and even went into outpatient rehab. I wanted to be able to pull weeds in my backyard, as funny as it sounds, it’s a very simple thing, but it took months, and then finally there was hope even now I keep trying to do more and more. If I don’t try, I can’t find out, a lot of it is mental. You must be determined that you’re going to not let it stop you.
I’m grateful that we found Lawall. They’ve been there when we’ve needed them, and they were always very positive even afterward they set things up to help people with amputations, and because of that, I can walk better than any of the surgeons ever expected I would wholeheartedly recommend you go to Lawall.
My name is Justin Salvatera and I have been an amputee for over 20 years. When I was a child, only 12 years old, I lost my leg due to cancer. I had a bone tumor, and it was tough, but we were really fortunate to catch it early. I had a slow recovery due to some other medical things, so I was on crutches for a long time. When I did finally get a prosthesis, it was really a big day, it was certainly a new way of life.
My name is Lee Baker and I spent 20 years working as a carpenter until I found out that I had a soft tissue Sarcoma. My doctors, family, and I spent five years fighting to keep my leg, and then finally we had no choice but to amputate it, doctors had never really seen somebody with a hip disarticulation succeed with a prosthetic leg.
Renee Jones is a Physical Therapist and mom of 2 rambunctious boys who are 16 and 8 and she is always running around with them. Renee is in a unique position being a home care physical therapist and an amputee. Sometimes patients are not sure what to make of it all. But the majority of the people Renee works with see her as an inspiration, she reports they often say
