Tips for Taking Care Of Your Limbs
Tips for Taking Care Of Your Residual Limb To stay healthy and keep your limbs working properly, it is important that you take good care of them. For instance, it …
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Traveling with a Prosthetic Limb – Amputee Travel Tips
Traveling with a Prosthetic Limb – Amputee Travel Tips Listed below are some helpful traveling tips for amputees when traveling via air. Booking your Flight If available, reserve bulkhead seating …
Misconceptions about Amputees
Misconceptions about Amputees Advanced Prosthetic’s Research works with amputees of all ages, genders, social and economic levels, and activity levels. We believe every patient is unique and approach our treatment …
My First Year-Being an Amputee
This picture is Mr.Olchak, one of APR’s patients doing one of his four 5Ks. Mr.Olchak has done four 5Ks and one 10K is first year as a Amputee. He …
Amputation-General Overview
Amputation-General Overview Definition- An amputation is a surgery to remove a body part. It is removed because of disease or damage. Reasons for Procedure An amputation is typically …
What is the “True” Weight of Amputees?
Recently, I’ve seen people raising the question about the “true” weight of amputees. In an attempt to calculate their BMI, they ran into the question: “what would be the weight …
DoD Funds Mind-Controlled Bionic Leg
Defense Department and academic researchers are hailing a significant breakthrough in the development of a mind-controlled bionic leg. “We hope to … make this robust enough to send home with …