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 “If you can come here and do what you do for me with all that you have going on, I can now do what it is you are asking me to do.”
Renee is on the move all day. And steps are just one of the obstacles she needs to navigate on a daily basis.
“As a home care Physical Therapist I need steps to go into the house, steps to come out, I am doing steps inside as I am doing stair training with my patients. So I am extremely active”
Renee works with Traci Romano CPO in Lawall’s Frankford Ave office. They have been working together for years and the rapport they have developed is essential to Renee’s prosthetic care.
“Anytime I come in Traci is always saying, “Renee, let’s try this and see how you like it.” She makes sure that I have a knee that is going to stand up to my daily activities.”
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
All young ladies dream dreams: but while 16-year-old Rachel Buckley is dreaming, she’s also busy designing cities and kicking soccer balls with an energy and enthusiasm that raises the bar for her peers. Instead of slowing her down, the prosthetic leg and soccer-customized Cheetah foot she wears seem to motivate Rachel not only to keep up with her able-bodied teammates, but to do more—and do it faster and better every time.
