LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
The Dollar Store Diet
Many amputees require a special diet because of osteoporosis, weight problems, diabetes, or other health issues, and the foods they ...
Does Your Bucket Have a Hole in It?
By Eric Quander As amputees, we may sometimes feel that when we lost our limb(s), so went our zing for ...
Sex and Intimacy After Amputation
By Erin Deegan Sex. Three little letters arranged in such a way to make most humans blush. Why is something ...
Physical Therapist Ups the Ante as Educator for the Amputee Community
By Élan Young When Cosi Belloso talks about her profession as a physical therapist (PT) who serves the amputee community, ...
On the Road Again
By Elizabeth Bokfi Life can be challenging for amputees, especially soon after surgery. Recovery, pain management, and adaptation—physical and emotional—are ...
Carrying Your Prosthetic Devices in Style
Have you ever had to go out when you weren’t wearing your prosthesis? Perhaps you needed to use crutches or ...
Many Bankruptcy Filers Cite Illness and Medical Bills as Factors
Medical problems contributed to 66.5 percent of all bankruptcies, a figure that is virtually unchanged since before the passage of ...
Acupuncture Offers Quick Pain Relief for Many
Acupuncture is the stimulation of specific points on the body through a variety of techniques, including the insertion of thin ...
NEWS
Staying Physically Active Can Be a Challenge for Amputees
Are you active enough? Mark Sederberg, DO, presented a research abstract on the rarely studied topic of exercise rates in the ...
Cheseto Sets New Marathon World Record
On April 15, Marko Cheseto Lemtukei set a new world record in the marathon for bilateral amputee athletes. Cheseto completed ...
Lawall & Sons Hosts First Clinics in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Harry J. Lawall & Sons, headquartered in Philadelphia, recently hosted back-to-back OPAF First Clinics in Philadelphia and Princeton, New Jersey ...
Researchers Develop Distally Powered 3D-printed Finger Prosthesis
In a study published in April in Advances in Mechanical Engineering, researchers described their design and evaluation of an actuated ...
Kinetic Prosthetics Hosts First Dance Clinic
Kinetic Prosthetics, West Chester, Pennsylvania, recently hosted an OPAF First Dance Clinic in recognition of Limb Loss Awareness Month in ...
