A spate of new studies suggest that very small doses of naltrexone can alleviate phantom limb pain and other forms of ...

Beginning this year, the VA is offering osseointegration surgery and rehabilitation to all amputee veterans. Are you a good candidate ...

Which amputees feel most supported by their prosthetists: men or women? Who reports the most pain? This week's amputee survey ...

The Pacific Crest Trail is a daunting challenge, but the degree of difficulty goes way up when you’re hiking it ...

You’ll find sessions on workplace inclusion, universal design, advocacy, ableism, building your amputee network, and a whole lot more ...

New amputee and rock music maven Hugh Boyle writes with grace, insight, and good humor about his adjustment to limb ...

Virginia lawmakers unanimously passed a law that strengthens insurance protections for amputees. It could have big national implications for the ...

Last Friday marked the 110th anniversary of the RMS Titanic's sinking. Did that epic maritime tragedy have any connections (however ...

New amputee and rock music maven Hugh Boyle writes with grace, insight, and good humor about his adjustment to limb ...

Sharing your amputee story is a gift to those who've never experienced disability. But don't forget to give something to ...

Which amputees report the highest pain levels: those who lost their limb to cancer, trauma, or diabetes? Get answers to ...

In our first detailed look at results from the 2022 Amputee Communi-Tee Survey, we crunch the numbers along generational lines ...

During Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month, opportunities abound to have fund and make a difference. Find online and ...

Why are so many people losing limbs in one South Carolina zip code? Race and poverty play a big part ...

Volunteering for amputee research is a tremendous gift to the limb-loss community. And the perks can be pretty good, too ...

Lucas Galey has been working on a low-cost microprocessor knee for more than five years. His latest prototype offers high-end ...

Limb Loss Awareness Month is almost here, and the Amputee Coalition has a strong lineup of virtual events to get ...

Purdy graced the cover of Amplitude’s inaugural edition and has routinely appeared in our coverage. Here are our favorite articles ...

Will Erica Cole’s No Limbits amputee-friendly jeans reel in a huge investment on ABC's Shark Tank? Get the latest news ...

In "Augmented," Hugh Herr argues that future prosthetics won't merely help people adapt to loss of capacity; they'll augment the ...

Thanks to a letter from one amputee, the state of Ohio now officially recognizes Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness ...

As usual, however, the athletes themselves managed to cut through the clutter and deliver indelible moments that reaffirm why the ...

The Paralympics have always been about more than winning and losing. Here's a sampling of perspectives from Beijing that show ...

Vibration therapy doesn’t blunt every amputee's phantom limb pain, but there have been promising outcomes. TheraV hopes to achieve more ...

The latest iteration of Össur's Power Knee can make life better not only for above-knee amputees, but for everyone who ...

Vascular surgeon Leigh Ann O’Banion is working on a downloadable toolkit to help other doctors replicate her methods and get ...

War inevitably leaves amputees in its wake. But Russia’s invasion may also affect people with limb loss who are nowhere ...

Hannah Mack learns she has wona running blade from Levitate Editor's note: Hannah Mack was one of the hundreds of ...

Caitlin Conner spent years working on a speed skate for lower-limb amputees. Now she's moving on to an even bigger ...

Away from athletics, most amputees on the US Paralympic team are regular people with ordinary lives. By which we mean: ...

These are the best caregiving apps for amputees to stitch family and friends into support networks that promote medical, physical, ...

The GAO has accepted a bipartisan Congressional request to investigate the cost and accessibility of prosthetic devices, along with amputees' ...

This year's conference theme is “Growing Our Community to Shape the Future.” Presentation ideas should explore how to expand the ...

Phantom motor execution is an experimental treatment that involves virtual reality and augmented reality to reduce phantom limb pain for ...

After Alexandra Boutté lost her leg, shoe shopping stopped being fun. But over time, she found new ways to get ...

With its new line of sexy, accessible, and comfortable undergarments for women with disabilities, Intimately fills a badly underserved niche ...

A number of impressive newcomers have earned their berths on Team USA. Here are the first-time Winter Paralympians we're most ...

A childhood cancer survivor and above-knee amputee, Thomas Walsh is an all-around ski talent who can vie for the podium ...

TV reporter Courtney Godfrey is trying to become a first-time Paralympian at age 37. If she succeeds, she’ll be one ...

Two-thirds of prosthetists say they either already offer mobile, in-home service or consider it “the way of the future.” Find ...

Psyonic's Ability Hand has won kudos from the NSF, MIT, Forbes, and other heavy hitters. Most important of all, it ...

The Winter Paralympics are approaching, and the World Para Snow Sports Championships provided a sneak preview of Team USA's top ...

If you see an amputee model in an ad for Nike, Target, Microsoft, or some other giant global brand, odds ...

Uniteable’s giving away free clothes for amputees. To become eligible for the prize, all you have to do is complete ...

Amplitude's biggest search draws are articles about sex/relationships, movies/actors, and clothing. But the biggest subjects of inquiry about limb loss ...

What happened to the two amputees in Mehmet Aslan’s award-winning photo, which won Photo of the Year in 2021? There's ...

This 31-year-old amputee walked all 54 miles of the 1965 Selma-Montgomery march on crutches, becoming a high-profile symbol of the ...

Julia Heaberlin didn't start out with an amputee protagonist at the center of "We Are All the Same in the ...

Complete the 2022 Amputee Community Survey and put yourself in the running for some free amputee-friendly jeans from No Limbits ...

The 2022 Consumer Electronics Show raised the curtain on some new amputee-related products. Here's a list of devices that landed ...

We called Richard Ramsay to learn about the amputee mannequins in Nike’s retail stores. As it turned out, Ramsay had ...

While Danzig will continue to nurture bodies and spirits through her books and videos, there's no replacing her presence. The ...

If we haven't convinced you yet to complete the 2022 Amputee Community Survey, here's another reason: You can win a ...

The limb-loss community's resource network is constantly getting stronger, but there's always room for improvement. The 2022 Amputee Community Survey ...

Human Plant Solutions' hemp sockets promise more comfortable fit and function for amputees, while retaining the strength and durability of ...

A new paper strongly suggests that medical clinicians (not prosthetists) are systematically underestimating senior amputees' capacity to walk with prosthetic ...

The growth in Amplitude’s audience is a sure sign of strength and vigor in the broader limb-loss community. Here are ...

While late December can be filled with joy, cheer, and cherished family and friends, it can also be a time ...

Our review of the most popular Amplitude articles of 2021 taught us a lot about our readers' likes and dislikes ...

Patterns of amputation, prosthesis use, and rehabilitation have changed dramatically during the pandemic, and there’s no guarantee things will ever ...

by Andrew Gray @drew.bionic Over the years, my family tree has had a few branches that pruned themselves. When I ...

After suffering devastating injuries to his right leg in a car accident earlier this year, Tiger Woods came closer to ...

Cassandra Quave's medical education began in childhood. Born with congenital differences in her right leg, she had a below-knee amputation ...

Lots of amputees made a big impact in 2021, but these five went above and beyond in making a positive ...

If you're still trying to find the perfect gift for the amputee in your life, there's no time to waste ...

The messy holiday storyline makes for good comedy, but the truth is that the Season to Be Jolly can feel ...

Want to break into acting? A prestigious Apple TV series called Little America is currently holding auditions for an amputee ...

If you enjoyed the article in our current issue about amputee naval officers in the 19th-century British Navy, here's good ...

In 2021, amputee athlete Lacey Henderson got hit by an emotional storm typhoon. Buffeted by pride, anger, guilt, self-doubt, and ...

We're writing questions for the 2022 Amputee Community Survey with The Liner Wand, and we want your ideas. Here's how ...

There are so many amputees on TV these days it’s getting hard to keep track of them all. There will ...

I’ve often wondered how some folks seem to rise above adversity to do amazing things. Are they genetically wired to ...

We're halfway through our series of Take Back Tuesday interviews with amputee entrepreneurs. If you didn't catch John Robinson last ...

We almost jumped the gun in our November/December issue with our short article about "Strong Body," Cosi Belloso's new series ...

It wasn’t easy, but Congress finally passed the much-debated bipartisan infrastructure bill last week. As we noted two months ago, ...

Diabetes has always had an outsized impact on the limb-loss community. The best data suggest that this disease and its ...

Our amputee entrepreneur guest for the November 9 edition of Take Back Tuesdays guest is John Robinson, CEO of Jobs ...

There's an integrity that can be found in owning one's own grief. by Chris Prange-Morgan Chris Prange-Morgan is an author, ...

Copyright © 2021 Mehmet AslanClick on image for larger view. The man in the photo, Munzir al-Nazzar, lost his right ...

Nobody knows the business of limb loss better than amputees. Throughout the month of November, Amplitude and The Liner Wand ...

Earlier this year, the American Heart Association threw its weight behind a campaign to drastically reduce limb loss related to ...

Do you ever have moments when your world stops short because you’re hurting and you can’t get out and be ...

Tammy Duckworth, one of the Senate's strongest advocates for disability rights and the only amputee currently serving in the chamber, ...

When Colin Powell passed away a couple of days ago, we decided to do a bit of research about his ...

When we first took note of SensArs Neuroprosthetics’ pioneering bionic leg, the SENSY, about two years ago, we described it ...

by Alexandra Capellini I ended the call as we said “Good night” and checked my phone’s log: We’d been talking ...

Last year, the pandemic kept the Range of Motion Project from sending a team to the top of Cotopaxi. So ...

by Jennifer Johnson We dive not to escape life, but for life not to escape us." - Anonymous An instructor ...

by Ali Hussaini It’s a slow march forward. Advancements in technology, orthopedic surgery, 3D printing, and user-initiated support groups are ...

by Alexandra Boutté Have you ever felt like the few strings that hold you together have started to unravel like ...

NBC's new series La Brea tackles limb loss within the first 30 seconds of Episode 1. The intro music is ...

For the second straight year, the Amputee Coalition's National Conference has gone virtual. We learned a ton at last year's ...

Phantom limb pain is a real physiological condition. So why do we tolerate mystery and myth when it comes to ...

When all the gyms shut down way back in COVID’s initial quarantine phase, Move United (then known as Disabled Sports ...

If the Paralympic athletes sponsored by Össur and Ottobock were regarded as independent nations, both teams would have ranked among ...

Hardly anyone remembers the name of the first person who ever played college football in NCAA Division I on a ...

"The real meaning of yoga," writes Arpita Roy, "is deliverance from contact with pain and sorrow." Roy embodies that definition ...

We've been fans of Aristotle Domingo's AmpuTO podcast since he launched it last year. So we were thrilled to land ...

Last week we sifted some tea leaves in an effort to gauge the size of NBC's television audience for the ...

New York Fashion Week is back after an 18-month pandemic pause, and Runway of Dreams will be right in the ...