The Upper Limb Library / Hobbies

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

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

Here we talk about how to ride a bike with the assistance of an upper limb prosthesis and discuss what's necessary depending on the limb difference level.

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!

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

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!

The V2P is a body-powered terminal device that has six settings for adjusting the amount of pinch force that is available to the user.

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.

In this article, we’ll be discussing two different ways to fish – out of the water and in the water, and the different devices you may need for each.

Here we feature our patients who didn't wear a prosthesis as a child but have decided one may be useful as an adult. Why did they change their mind?