The Upper Limb Library / Advice After an Amputation

For people with limb differences, residual limb strengthening prepares their residual limb for the weight of a prosthesis and can lessen overuse issues.

In this article, we’ll be exploring how you can use your prosthesis to help with standard housekeeping tasks and how to keep your device safe.

Our patient Wendi Parker generously wrote this blog article for LLLDAM to share her story about her elective amputations and her journey to get there.

Some terminal devices function just fine in any type of weather, but myoelectric devices have some extreme temperature considerations. Learn more.

We follow up with our patients at the one-month mark, three-month mark, the six-month mark, at the one-year mark and then every year after that.

Each individual has a different experience after an amputation. Leaern about other peoples’ experiences to give you a better idea of what to expect.

The unknown can be nerve-wracking. In this article, we’ll look at some of the concerns people may have about reaching out to a prosthetic care center.

It's important to stand up for yourself during the whole process of getting your prosthesis. But we're here to help!

With some special tools, a little forethought and the use of assistive materials such as Dycem®, the kitchen can become easier to navigate.

There are steps that all amputees can take to help get back to their life and feeling like themselves again.