Below the knee left leg amputee cyclists tend to have a problem with traditional shifters. Pressing down on the shifter is not too bad, but lifting becomes difficult without an active ankle joint. One can spend a lot of time and money trying to find the perfect fix. We designed a shoe ...
Despite the physically exhausting day, Meyer’s spirits never foundered. During a moment of rest, he revealed his idea of going into stand-up comedy with an amputee routine. Able-bodied people sitting down were a “waste of legs.” His shortened right leg had left hi...
Back in August (here) I blogged about a few things you can do while driving long distances to stretch your stump out on a road trip. The weekend before last Wifey and I jumped out into the far north to catch up with my little brother Tank and his lovely wife Meru, and while the ...
There I met a couple who were driving up to Orkney to look after a farm for two weeks while some friends visit their own home in Gloucestershire. After a nice chat they volunteered a generous contribution to my Age Concern collection. I never cease to be pleasantly surprised by the spontane...
of tailored training strategies to optimize athletic performance and overall well-being in amputee soccer players. However, further research is warranted to comprehensively understand the mechanisms driving these responses and to explore the potential long-term effects of core exercise on overall health ...
First, sociodemographic and clinical variables were collected: age, sex, occupation, district of residence, marital status, driving licence, playing sports, educational level, and clinical parameters: previous diseases, amputation etiology, level of amputation, time since amputation, and presence of phant...
One person who is helping Leo find focus is Al-Aakhir Rogers, PhD. Rogers was driving in Tampa one day in 2018 when he saw someone riding a bicycle with one leg and was flabbergasted enough to “bust a U-turn” and shoot a cell-phone video. Rogers—a life coach of sorts—tracked Le...