The Diversity of our Arm Dynamics Patients

The different ways that people react to having an amputation can also vary significantly. Some people process their feelings of grief and loss quickly and do their best to stay positive about the setbacks they may encounter with a limb difference. Others may have a harder time moving forward after an amputation and struggle with loss and depression. For people with congenital limb differences, we have patients who are enthusiastic about having a prosthesis, while others may be reluctant at first, feeling that they don’t need anything to help them in their daily life. Often, those patients will come to us because they have been experiencing painful overuse symptoms in their body. Or, some of our patients had a significant life change, such as a new baby, a job opportunity, or a meaningful hobby, and they are reconsidering trying a prosthesis.

How do each of our five centers in the US deal with the uncertainty of never quite knowing who is going to schedule a consultation with us? By treating them like the individual they are. Every consultation is a chance to learn about the person as a whole. Yes, we want to know more about your limb difference and what kind of prostheses you are considering, but just as importantly, we want to know YOU. What do you do for a living? Tell us about your family. What does your support system look like? What are your hobbies? If you feel like your limb difference is holding you back from what you’d like to be doing, in any aspect of your life, how can we help you? By providing a functional prosthesis and the support of our clinical therapists, we get you to where you want to be. Our goal in describing these different types of people is that we hope you see yourself in one of the above descriptions.

Our team is dedicated to providing excellent upper limb prosthetic care in a welcoming environment for ALL patients and their families.