The Upper Limb Library / Professional Advice

How can we work with the physician to help set up the patient for prosthetic success? Our goal is to partner with physicians and come up with a game plan.

Daily care and cleansing are essential to maintaining healthy skin, especially when that skin is in contact with a prosthetic liner or socket all day.

Mirror Therapy can cause the brain to “re-think” the pain response that it has been experiencing since the amputation.

Motor imagery is part of the Graded Motor Imagery process. Motor imagery requires visualization on the part of the patient and may help reduce pain.

Graded Motor Imagery is a non-invasive treatment option that can help decrease phantom limb pain and improve myoelectric prosthetic control.

When Jennifer learned that her daughter would be born missing a hand, one of the first things she did was discuss her daughter’s difference with her sons.

This list of methods includes a wide variety of tools. You can get an idea of how a therapist may help you, but please first consult with your therapist.

Trauma can cause damage to a nerve resulting in swelling of the nerve or a jumbled overgrowth of nerve cells which is called a neuroma. Learn more.

Residual limb pain is experienced by at least half of all individuals with an amputation. It is any pain that is felt in the part of the existing limb.

Written by a psychologist and a lower limb amputee, here are five key factors to help you understand more about the psychological impact of limb loss.