Rehabilitation

We hope that you will find useful and helpful advice and information in the sub-pages and sub-sections of this category.

As always, we’d love to hear from you if you feel there’s anything that could be improved or added or if you spot any mistakes. We are always looking to improve this service and, while the content of the site is correct to the best of our knowledge, some details may change without us being aware of them. We’re glad to have them pointed out.

Subjects you’ll find in this category are:

1) Amputation:

• 2003/2004 referrals
• Causes of amputation
• Levels of amputation
• What is amputation?
• What is rehabilitation?

2) Amputation and Hospital Care:

• Pathways to amputation
• Post amputation
• The amputation process
• The hospital team
• What you can expect from your time in hospital

3) Body Care:

• Back exercises
• Back pain
• Care of the residual limb
• How the skin works
• Keeping the residual limb clean
• Main causes of skin disorder
• Posture
• Skin disorders
• Skin problems and irritations
• Sock warning signs
• Weight control

4) Counselling:

• Body image
• Choosing a counsellor
• Counselling service
• Dealing with grief and depression
• Hospital visitor programme – Scotland
• National Help Bureau
• Sexuality
• The BLESMA members survey
• The psychological aspects of amputation
• The role of the counsellor
• Volunteer visitors – U.K. and Northern Ireland
• What is counselling?

5) Directory of Service Centres

6) Exercise:

• Energy expenditure
• Exercise and nutrition
• Exercise for prosthetic feet
• Healthy living
• Keep moving
• The mind-body connection

7) How to Make a Complaint

8 ) Independent and Private Service Providers:

• A life without limbs
• Dorset Orthopaedics
• IJS Prosthetic Services
• Pace Rehabilitation
• ProActive Prosthetics
• REHAB Prosthetics Ltd.
• RSLSteeper Private Patients

9) Lower Limb Prosthetics:

• Knees

10) National Amputee Statistical Database

11) Prosthetics:

• Liners:

1. What are liners?
2. What are the benefits of wearing a liner?
3. What types of liner are available?

• Prosthetics General:

1. How is a prosthesis made?
2. Maintenance and repairs
3. Prosthesis prescription
4. The future of prosthetics
5. The history of prosthetics
6. The history of the limb service within the U.K.
7. What is a prosthesis?
8. What is prosthetics?
9. What is the structure of a prosthesis?

• Sockets:

1. How a socket is made
2. Socket comfort
3. Socket suspension
4. Types of socket
5. What is a socket?

12) The Limb Centre:

• Attending the limb centre
• The care pathway
• The rehabilitation process
• The rehabilitation team

13) The Stages of Rehabilitation:

• Stage 1 – Healing and starting physiotherapy
• Stage 2 – Visiting the Limb Centre
• Stage 3 – Choosing an artificial limb/s
• Stage 4 – Learning to use your artificial limb
• Stage 5 – Life as a new amputee

14) Upper Limb Prosthetics:

• Mechanical versus electrical prosthetics
• The main parts of an upper limb prosthesis

15) Walking School:

• The importance of developing good gait
• Understanding gait
• What is walking school?