8 days on 2

I am not an amputee.
I am a prosthetist.
Sometimes it's not enough to know how legs work.
Sometimes you have to walk in them for yourself.
This is me ...   more I am not an amputee.
I am a prosthetist.
Sometimes it's not enough to know how legs work.
Sometimes you have to walk in them for yourself.
This is me practicing on 2 above knee prostheses after 8 days.
I have a ways to go before I can walk half as well as my patients.
It is my hope that with practice I will gain new insights that I can draw from to better care for my patients.   less

1 week on 2

I am not an amputee.
I am a prosthetist.
Sometimes it's not enough to know how legs work.
Sometimes you have to walk in them for yourself.
This is me ...   more I am not an amputee.
I am a prosthetist.
Sometimes it's not enough to know how legs work.
Sometimes you have to walk in them for yourself.
This is me practicing on 2 above knee prostheses after one week.
I have a ways to go before I can walk half as well as my patients.
It is my hope that with practice I will gain new insights that I can draw from to better care for my patients.   less

KD Prosthesis

As the chief prosthetist with Otto Bock USA I had opportunities to fit some of the latest new components as they became available in the US market....   more As the chief prosthetist with Otto Bock USA I had opportunities to fit some of the latest new components as they became available in the US market. With the 3R21 knee joint I was able to fit one of my former clients from my days with the Winkley Company. In the past I had fit her numerous times with outside knee joints and wooden shin prosthesis. This then is her first cosmetic prosthesis.

Video clip directed and produced by Al Pike, CP / Copyright 2008 Al Pike, CP

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Onelegged girl ironing

Very nice stump moving in the short's leg while the girl is ironing on one leg. I love the folded nylon ...