Amplitudes Guide To Living With Limb Loss

A practical guide for preparing for, adapting to, and living with limb loss.

Limb loss can occur due to trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease, cancer, and other diseases. Regardless of the cause, it often has a profound impact on a person's life. Many amputees experience feelings of loss and grief, frustration in learning to walk with an artificial limb, and difficulty adjusting to a new and challenging lifestyle. This book provides the practical knowledge needed to cope with the many changes caused by lower limb amputation. In clear, accessible language, it covers the medical, physical, and psychosocial issues and answers crucial questions such as: How do I cope emotionally with the loss of a limb? What steps can I take to prevent additional amputations? How do I treat and care for my post-surgery wound? What are the best prostheses for my particular needs? Can I play sports and exercise with a prosthesis? And much more! This unique resource aims to educate those with lower limb amputation so that they can better care for themselves and maximize their independence. The practical advice, tips, and extensive references within its pages will help individuals meet the challenges of leading full and fruitful lives.

Written by one of the top prosthetic physical therapists in the nation, Life After Limb Loss is a practical guide for anyone dealing with a recent amputation

Limb loss can occur due to trauma, infection, diabetes, vascular disease, cancer and other diseases. Lower limb amputation is relatively common and has a profound impact on a person's life, regardless of the cause. Feelings of loss and grief, difficulties in learning to walk with an artificial limb, and readjustment to an interrupted life all pose considerable challenges. Nevertheless, there are countless stories of people who have successfully overcome these problems. This book provides the practical knowledge needed to cope with the life changes caused by lower limb amputation. It demystifies the medical process and technical jargon by using plain, easily understandable language. And it is the first book to combine medical, prosthetic, and psychosocial factors in one convenient volume, including: Causes of lower limb amputation, especially diabetes, and ways to prevent further amputation Surgical techniques for lower limb amputation Learning to walk with a prosthesis The unique challenges faced by children and elderly people living with an amputation Exercising and sports with a lower limb prosthesis And much more! The outlook of this book is ultimately an optimistic one. Well-informed, knowledgeable individuals with amputations are better able to take care of themselves and are more effective self-advocates. This book gives them the tools they need to forge a productive, satisfying, and high-quality life.

Amputations are global and hundred of thousands happen every single day. Unfortunately, what happens after an amputation and how a person adjusts to their new life as an amputee is still quite a mystery. Limb Loss Life tells the hard truth about living as a new amputee. This book is a no-holds-barred non-sugar coated depiction of real life and how to live it as a limb loss person. The book gives an eye-opening view directly from a person who is living with limb loss, the information is direct, straightforward and down to the nitty gritty on what you need to know to live a healthy, and bountiful life as an amputee. This is the sole reason for this book. If you feel you would like to have the advice and wisdom from someone going through exactly what you are then get ready to join countless others on learning about the journey during your season of amputation. Experience the best and learn about the worse case scenarios with your limb loss. Limb Loss Life will shed much-needed light and help you through the dark forest to reach a bigger and brighter day as a new amputee.

This work offers a glimpse into the life of a new amputee and walks readers through the first minutes, hours, and days of living with limb loss. Jeffrey A. Mangus, a below the knee amputee, also offers insight and encouragement for the long haul - providing readers with all they need to know to get back to living a full life.

This book is for someone who is about to have amputation surgery or has had an amputation surgery and wants to know what to expect. The book will also help friends and family understand what their loved one is going through after an amputation. The book covers both arm (upper extremity) and leg (lower extremity) amputations. It covers topics including the different types of surgeries, what to expect after surgery, how to prepare for a prosthesis and what prostheses look like. The book also goes beyond this and talks about sexuality after surgery, driving, recreation and other topics to help you move beyond the surgery and into life.