The Upper Limb Library / Activity-Specific Devices (2)

Whether the child is starting preschool or kindergarten or returning to school with a prosthesis, it's a good idea to openly discuss the prosthesis.

Is it possible to bowl if you’ve lost your dominant hand? Can you bowl a partial hand limb difference? Can you bowl with a prosthesis? Yes!

After an accident, Wendi's arm was non-functional and gave her a lot of pain. She elected to have it amputated and returned to work at Trader Joe's.

As technology in the prosthetic industry advances, more and better choices for individuals with a through the palm limb difference have come on the market.

A prosthetic elbow makes it easier for someone to do their daily activities. The purpose of the elbow is to pre-position the terminal device in space.

Wrist disarticulation is the medical term that’s used when the structures of the hand are absent due to a congenital limb difference or an amputation.

The age that a child can be fitted with a prosthesis depends on the level of their limb difference. In this article, we discuss timing and device types.

In this article, we’ll introduce you to some of our patients who wore prostheses as children and continue to wear them as an adult.

Hobbies are an important part of life that can bring us joy and allow for creativity. Having a limb difference may just mean finding a new way to do things!

Just because someone has an upper limb difference, that doesn’t mean that the shop, the farm, sports or the outdoors at large are off limits to them.