Tag: Active Living

As a Florida resident, Alexandra Boutté spends about nine months a year battling every leg amputee’s warm-weather enemy: sweat. Keeping ...

Follow us online for exclusive ideas, tips, and features. Amplitude Media Group www.livingwithamplitude.com @_Amplitude_ @livingwithamplitude STAR-STUDDED LINEUP Which 2020 amputee ...

It’s well documented that moderate exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, various cancers, and other age-related ...

In tough times like these, we can seek comfort in the words of our favorite cardigan-wearing children’s TV program host, ...

PUSHLiving magazine offers entertaining takes on healthy, adaptive, inclusive living. The voices are confident, assertive, funny and downright salty at ...

“…95 percent of it does suck. I’m staring at the dirt. I’m not even able to go and talk to ...

The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) announced a record-breaking 3,921 individual grants were awarded to athletes worldwide—making it the largest grant ...

Last year we introduced you to Hunter Woodhall, whose YouTube channel (with his girlfriend Tara Davis) has more than 100,000 ...

A common method to evaluate the energy cost of walking is the oxygen consumption measurement with a metabolimeter, but it ...

A person’s identity plays a vital role in his or her life. I am a 62-year-old bilateral amputee who, after ...

By Rene Agredano We all want a healthcare provider who understand our needs and hopes. But if our medical team isn’t giving ...

Jamie Brown prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games by sticking to a strict workout regime. U.S. Air Force photo ...

Exercise and increased physical activity are effective for both prevention and treatment of depression, concludes a research review in Current ...

It is common for patients to prefer seeking care from a clinician similar to them—such as of the same gender, ...

OPAF and First Things First held a workshop at the Homewood Brushton YMCA in Pittsburgh that focused on falls and ...

Needing to ride in a wheelchair can put the brakes on myriad opportunities–some less obvious than one might think. New ...

Researchers at the Biological Systems Engineering Lab at Hiroshima University, Japan, have developed a 3D-printed prosthetic hand combined with a ...

By Eric Quander “IF ONLY I HAD A, I COULD BE B.” “I CAN’T DO X, BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE ...

OPAF and The First Clinics are seeking individuals to serve on the OPAF board of directors. Board members serve one-, ...

Kinetic Prosthetics, West Chester, Pennsylvania, recently hosted an OPAF First Dance Clinic in recognition of Limb Loss Awareness Month in ...

Are you active enough? Mark Sederberg, DO, presented a research abstract on the rarely studied topic of exercise rates in the ...

Since walking in the community is essential to participate in work, leisure, social activities and family roles, a study explored ...

    Hanger Clinic recently sponsored a First Swim in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Harris YMCA. This was the ...

Kinesiologists at McMaster University have found that physical activity may help fight depression in seniors by stimulating muscle-generated mood boosters. ...

By February, nearly 80 percent of Americans will give up on their New Year’s resolutions, but Tomeka Flowers, a Houston ...

Sports and physical functioning of children with amputations were significantly worse after amputations near the knee when compared with ankle-level ...

By Élan Young While many people drift aimlessly through life, those who discover their passion and sense of purpose bring ...

By Elizabeth Bokfi “With treatment, you have a 50/50 chance of survival past three years.” Such words can pack a ...

Brazilian athlete and bilateral lower-limb amputee Adriele Silva, 31, looks forward to crossing the finish line at mile 26.2 of ...

Image shutterstock.com/Olena Yakobchuk A new database supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD) ...

The Amputee Coalition's Scott Decker, MD, Memorial Scholarship and Christina Skoski, MD, Scholarship have been awarded for 2018. Madelyn Hubbs ...

Researchers placed EMG sensors on the forearms of able-bodied volunteers, tracking neuromuscular signals as they performed various actions.Photograph courtesy of ...

Don’t Let Amputation Lead to Isolation

Following is a statement from the organization:The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is deeply disappointed by the Centers for Medicare and ...

The Hanger Charitable Foundation, Austin, Texas, has completed its third and final round of 2017 grant awards, giving $140,900 to five non-profit ...

PYEONGCHANG 2018 Taking the Chill Out of Winter

The Benefits of Prosthetic Maintenance

Hanger, Austin, Texas, announced the results of the largest study of its kind that measured the correlation of mobility to ...

In an attempt to develop affordable socket fabrication techniques that require little or no prosthetic skill for people living with ...

Education + Persistence = Authorization

Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, and Threats to Your Financial Future

Following is a statement from the American Diabetes Association (August 15):   The American Diabetes Association (Association) is deeply concerned ...

Penta Group Vietnam team members meet with a patient. Photograph courtesy of Penta Group Vietnam and YEI. A team developing ...

Crowdfunding campaigns to pay for medical costs have become a booming industry in recent years, with sites like GoFundMe raising ...

The Amputee Coalition announced three new scholarships to help reduce or eliminate the financial barriers that can make it impossible ...

About 80 percent of Americans will suffer from back pain at one time or another. A recent study found that ...

Following is a statement from the American Diabetes Association (January 12, 2017): On behalf of the nearly 30 million Americans ...

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for its 2017 Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp and Leadership Camp, to be held July ...

The Hanger Charitable Foundation, Austin, Texas, completed its final round of 2016 grants, awarding $225,000 to five non-profit organizations. The ...

Ortiz Catalan demonstrates the augmented virtual reality environment in his new Biomechatronics and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory at Chalmers. Photograph courtesy of ...