LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
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 ...
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 ...
The Lessons I Learned from African Amputees
Alexandra Capellini volunteered to share her personal experience of limb loss with Ethiopian amputees. She was blown away by the ...
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 ...
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Nonprofit Organization Provides Transportation to Care
Sometimes, the specialized or even life-saving medical care a child needs is not available locally. Sometimes, it’s cities, states, or ...
Discovering the Magic
Image courtesy of Jothy Rosenberg. “I had to know if it was possible,” says Jothy Rosenberg, explaining the reason he ...
Elvis Has Been Spotted! …And This One Is an Amputee
Image courtesy of Hanger Clinic. Yes, there is even an amputee Elvis impersonator—a bionic Elvis. Ray Guillemette Jr. lost his ...
Planning Ahead to Prevent Falls
For many lower-limb amputees, the risk of falling—and potentially injuring themselves—is a very real possibility. A little know-how and preparation, ...
Life Shouldn’t Be a Pain
A reality of post-amputation life is learning how to manage pain—often, more than one type. New amputees must master pain-management ...
Be Prepared
Wallet, check. Keys, check. Cell phone, check. It used to be that was all you needed to think about before ...
Fashionably Forward
By Abbey Smith There’s an old saying: “If you look good, you feel good.” For one amputee, that couldn’t be ...
