Amputee Strengthening: Preparing for Your Prosthesis- Prosthetic Training: Episode 5

Instructional video on exercises that will strengthen your residual limb in order to best prepare for a prosthetic limb, or to improve your walking!

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Key Concepts 0:38
Mat Exercises 2:07
Trans-tibial Amputee Considerations 14:02
Bilateral Amputee Considerations 19:54
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This is the fifth episode of our Prosthetic Training video series which covers the spectrum of amputee rehabilitation from immediately post-amputation through running with a prosthesis. They are intended for clinicians and patients and are a great resource for rehabilitation professionals working with lower limb amputees.

View the entire series here:    • Prosthetic Training Series  

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If you have questions relating to this topic or notice other questions similar to yours, check out our You Asked Series, where we answer patient questions in short digestible videos.

   • You Asked  

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Instructor: David Lawrence, MSPT, AT-Ret
David is an internationally renowned rehabilitation professional and educator. In addition to treating patients, he delivers courses in the USA and abroad on knee, hip and foot pathologies, rehabilitation following limb amputation, and disabled sports and recreation. He is founder of The Gait Center, a walking focused physical therapy clinic located in Richmond, VA, USA, as well as the founder and Director of Operations for Mission Gait.

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Video production by Will Riddick, PT, DPT for Mission Gait.