Information

The sub-sections and their sub-pages in this category should provide all the information you need on all aspects of amputation and the use of prosthetics.

However, as always, if you feel that we have omitted anything that would be helpful to others, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are always looking to update/increase the information we have on the site for the benefit of all amputees, their families and carers.

The sub-sections and their sub-pages are:

• Activity Levels

• Exercise:

1) Aquatic Yoga (the mind and body connection)

2) Energy Expenditure

3) Exercise and nutrition

4) Exercises for Prosthetic feet

5) Healthy living

6) Keep moving

• Glossary of Terms

• Manual for Above Knee Amputees

• Manual for Below Knee Amputees

• Following Amputation – (An Information Guide for Lower Limb Amputee Rehabilitation (Courtesy of the Maltings Mobility Centre – Wolverhampton Health NHS Trust)

• Preventing Amputation

• Stories and Case Studies:

1) Meeting sir Douglas

2) A Special Visit

3) 40 years at Roehampton

4) Bike Egypt – A personal diary

5) Racing away the ghosts

6) Walking the Great Wall of China – A personal diary

7) Colin Hamilton

A Day in the life of a prosthetist

9) A day in the life of a private prosthetist

10) A life without limbs

• The Hip Disarticulation and Transpelvic Amputation Levels

1) Level 1

2) Level 2

3) Level 3

• The Inspiration Newsletter

• Upper Limb Amputees