LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
Limb-Loss Ritual Helps Amputees Heal
The first step in managing grief is to identify a source of inner strength. That principle underlies Ritual for Loss ...
Lakeshore Foundation Builds Data Warehouse for Adaptive Sports
The new Sports Science and High Performance Lab will gather advanced data to help adaptive athletes optimize performance at every ...
Women Prosthetists Are Making an Impact on Amputee Care
Female prosthetists are becoming more numerous and more influential within the profession. Amputees stand to benefit in some important ways ...
Amputees Dress for Success on the Runway of Dreams
The Runway of Dreams Foundation’s annual New York Fashion Week show is always a happening, and never more so than ...
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Working on My Bucket List
By Brian Kibler Early last spring, near my 65th birthday, I realized it was time to make that transition into ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
