5K Fundraising Event for Aimee Copeland, “Today Show” video, 07/01/2012 Today Show video
POA patient Jean Law traveled to Augusta, GA last weekend to participate in a 5K fundraiser. The event was organized by supporters of Aimee Copeland, a young woman who was nearly killed by a flesh eating bacteria. Jean lost both her legs to a similar bacteria a few years ago. Attached “Today Show” video link […]
POA video Patient Profile on Laura Ortiz, BK Amputee, 6/28/2012
Amputee * Triathlete * Warrior — Laura Ortiz of Miami, Florida is all these things and more. She is an example of how the power of determination and persistence can help you triumph over the difficulties life can throw at you. Whether you are a new amputee learning to walk with your prosthesis, or setting […]
Amy Purdy, Snowboarding Champion and bilateral BK amputee, gives Running a try!, 5/23/12
Amy Purdy, World Cup Champion snowboarder, skateboarder, wakeboarder and inspirational speaker, is learning to run for the first time on her prosthetic legs! She lives in Colorado and will be running on mountain trails, but since there are no mountains in flat Florida, we tested the legs on “Mount POA” – the steep ramp behind […]
The Bionic Man! Nate tries out BiOM PowerAnkle with an Orion Microprocessor Knee, 5/18/2012
Pairing some new technologies… a PowerAnkle and Microprocessor Knee. view video –> AK walking on BiOM PowerAnkle and Orion MPK
Hip Disarticulate walking Genium Bionic Microprocessor Leg
Maggi, Double BK amputee with Triton Harmony Prosthetic Foot
Amputee Carwheel Contest video
The Genium Knee fit on Hip-Disarticulate Amputee
We fit Dan Gade, a hip-disarticulate amputee with the Otto Bock Genium Bionic Knee System this past week. He didn’t think it would live up to it’s hype, but decided to try it anyway. He’s glad he did. Before he left our office to return to his position at West Point Academy, he played a […]
Amputee donning elevated vacuum prosthetic leg system
Zoe Gibbs, BK – Back on her feet with eyes focused on the future!, 5/1/2012
In April 2011, Zoe Gibbs, age 14, lost her leg below the knee in a horrific accident involving the collision of two jet skis. After enduring and recovering from 11 surgeries in the past year, Zoe is eager to reclaim her life as an active teenager. Last week she took her first steps back to […]