Elite Prosthetics Waco,Texas

03/27/2023

Worlds Largest Prosthetic Limb

Last fall's ThunderGong! concert raised nearly $600,000 to help uninsured and underinsured amputees. A giant nine-foot-tall prosthesis helped.

03/23/2023

03/17/2023

Ancient Amputations

https://livingwithamplitude.com/article/ancient-amputation-prehistoric-borneo/

03/06/2023

Amputee Anxiety and Burnout

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Much has been written recently about the degree of anxiety in healthcare professions resulting in a high burnout rate that was exacerbated by waves of COVID-19. In 2022 alone, nearly […]

03/01/2023

Moral Injuries In Amputees

https://livingwithamplitude.com/article/moral-injury-healthcare-amputees-prosthetists-wendy-dean/

02/22/2023

Adaptive Fashion

The Gamut Seal of Approval holds manufacturers to rigorous standards for inclusiveness. This year, adidas will introduce the first product that holds the Seal.

02/21/2023

Medicare Frequency Limitations For Lower Limb Prostheses

Many of us know the struggles of the reasonable useful lifetime (RUL) and same/similar denials with orthoses when it comes to Medicare. But what about prostheses? Without a RUL for […]

02/20/2023

Medical Gaslighting and Amputees

When an indifferent medical clinician causes you to doubt or discount your symptoms, you’ve been affected by medical gaslighting. What can amputees do about it?

02/01/2023

Single Life On A Single Leg

My love life got more complicated when I became an amputee. But one thing didn’t change: Dating is still hell. Here's what I've learned about amputee dating.

01/25/2023

Hugh Herr's New Prosthetic Tech

A new control system for bionic limbs uses magnetic implants to help amputees use prosthetic limbs intuitively. Here's how it works.

01/24/2023

Present and Future of Osseointegration

As more people with amputations choose osseointegration (OI), prosthetists across the country are learning how to support this patient base. About 2,000 patients across the world have undergone the procedure […]

01/23/2023

Research Study: Anti-Disability Bias

According to a recent paper in the journal Health Affairs, many physicians—by their own admission—routinely discriminate against people with disabilities.

01/20/2023

2023 Amputee Trends and Storylines to Watch

What storylines will command the limb-loss community’s attention over the next 12 months? We’ve penciled in a handful of amputee trends we’ll be tracking.

01/16/2023

From everyone here at Elite Prosthetics, Have a wonderful Martin Luther King Jr. Day