Amputee Hiking Hacks for 2020
Hiking season snuck up on us this year, but it has finally arrived. So we assembled a little refresher about ...
Kintsugi: A Healing Art for Amputees
In the Japanese art of Kintsugi, the flaws in the ceramic are what give them their beauty. "That's what we ...
How to Get Started With Amputee Yoga
Yoga improves your balance, flexibility, core strength, mental health...need we say more? Is amuptee yoga officially a thing yet? It’s ...
LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
Hearing Issues Can Increase Risk of Falling
What people hear and do not hear can have a direct effect on their balance, according to research from the ...
HOT WHEELS: Specialty Wheelchairs Help Amputees Participate in Sports
Wheelchair use and sports don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Today there are a wide variety of wheelchairs that are ...
Medicare Expands Telehealth Benefits
Beginning March 6, Medicare began temporarily paying clinicians to provide telehealth services for beneficiaries to give patients greater access to ...
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COVID-19 Q&A: Hand-washing Hacks of Upper-limb Amputees
Before the pandemic, most of us didn't have a fully considered hand-washing strategy—or a poorly considered one, for that matter ...
Telehealth Case Study: Sheila’s New Foot
Rural Iowa is gorgeous. But when you need to see a prosthetist to adjust your new high-tech foot, and you ...
Instagram Amputees: Jack Thomas
Many musicians have twice as many arms but not even a tenth of Jack Thomas's emotional range. This amputee reminded ...
Going the Distance on Social Distance
Sometimes it feels like we've been living in quarantine forever. To put things in perspective, we rounded up a few ...
COVID-19 Q+A: How will the pandemic affect employment for amputees?
The pandemic is pushing all of us, able-bodied or not, into unfamiliar territory—but that's often where new opportunities lie, John ...
Physical Therapy at Home Using Virtual Reality
Currently prescribed physical therapy often requires patients to complete regular exercises at home. Outside of the clinic, patients rarely receive ...
Five Ways to Reduce Anxiety During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Worrying about catching an infectious disease can be stressful. Nathaniel Van Kirk, PhD; Kathryn D. Boger, PhD, ABPP; and Marni J. Chanoff, ...
CAF Distributes Record Number of Grants in 2020
The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) announced a record-breaking 3,921 individual grants were awarded to athletes worldwide—making it the largest grant ...