NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023
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How to Educate a Doctor About Limb Loss
Doctors can read your chart and evaluate your symptoms. But they might not understand the physical and emotional challenges that amputees face unless you tell your story with clarity.
9 Things to Know About Knox Gibson
Learn about the background of Knox Gibson, a young Australian actor and amputee advocate who has a supporting role in “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
Holiday Presents From Amputee-Owned Companies
Our holiday gift guide usually focuses on products for amputee recipients. This year we’re emphasizing products aimed at general consumers, offered by amputee-owned businesses.
LIVING WITH AMPLITUDE
Where Does It Hurt? With PLP, It Depends
The Minneapolis VA Health Care System is recruiting amputees to participate in an innovative study of phantom limb pain, using detailed, real-time measurements to gather data.
Don’t Miss a Single Issue of Amplitude
Amplitude, the top amputee magazine in the United States, is changing its subscription policies. Here’s how to ensure that you don’t miss an issue of the nation’s number-one amputee magazine.
Amputee Advocates Prepare to Lay Down the Law in ’24
The So Every Body Can Move campaign seeks to reform prosthetic insurance laws on a state-by-state basis. For the second straight year, grassroots amputee advocates will lead the effort.
Amputee Pilots Are Cleared for Takeoff
Two scholarship programs enable amputees and other people with disabilities to get flight training. Here are five ways that amputees can benefit fro taking flight lessons.
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 of the Limb, which helps amputees absorb their grief and begin to heal.
Putting Mental Health on the Diabetes Agenda
Studies suggest that emotional and psychological factors play significant roles in driving diabetes-related amputations. Yet few doctors address psychological factors in managing diabetes cases.
Business As Usual
The November 2023 edition of Amplitude Magazine features articles about amputee actor Knox Gibson, holiday gifts from amputee-owned companies, educating doctors about limb loss, and more.
Where Does It Hurt? With PLP, It Depends
The Minneapolis VA Health Care System is recruiting amputees to participate in an innovative study of phantom limb pain, using detailed, real-time measurements to gather data.
Don’t Miss a Single Issue of Amplitude
Amplitude, the top amputee magazine in the United States, is changing its subscription policies. Here’s how to ensure that you don’t miss an issue of the nation’s number-one amputee magazine.
Amputee Advocates Prepare to Lay Down the Law in ’24
The So Every Body Can Move campaign seeks to reform prosthetic insurance laws on a state-by-state basis. For the second straight year, grassroots amputee advocates will lead the effort.
Amputee Pilots Are Cleared for Takeoff
Two scholarship programs enable amputees and other people with disabilities to get flight training. Here are five ways that amputees can benefit fro taking flight lessons.
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 of the Limb, which helps amputees absorb their grief and begin to heal.
Putting Mental Health on the Diabetes Agenda
Studies suggest that emotional and psychological factors play significant roles in driving diabetes-related amputations. Yet few doctors address psychological factors in managing diabetes cases.
Business As Usual
The November 2023 edition of Amplitude Magazine features articles about amputee actor Knox Gibson, holiday gifts from amputee-owned companies, educating doctors about limb loss, and more.
