Ottobock UK has welcomed the Government’s decision to approve the funding for the long awaited, Clinical Commissioning Policy: Microprocessor Controlled Prosthetic Knees. The policy allows hundreds of amputees living in England with above-knee limb loss access, via the NHS, to a life changing Microprocessor Controlled Prosthetic Knee (MPK). The policy regulates the NHS provision of a specific category of prosthetic ... Read More »
Philip Patsalos, a Professor at University College London’s Institute of Neurology, saw his life both saved and changed by the choices he made one fateful day in July back in 2005. Typically, Philip is at work around 8.00am but on 7 July 2005 after he had a ‘very modest’ lie-in Philip was on his way to work travelling on the ... Read More »
Disabled man from the Wirral who lost his leg after being hit by a car wins scholarship to learn to fly through charity set up in memory of WW2 ace Sir Douglas Bader. A young man from the Wirral who had to have his left leg amputated after being hit by a car as a teenager, has been awarded ... Read More »
On Easter Sunday a group of Royal Mail staff helped kick off blind veteran Shaun Stocker’s 100 kilometre Stocker’s Strides Challenge. Despite horrendous weather, local posties and sorting office workers from Bangor, Caernarfon and Llangefni depots walked 34 km pier to pier, from Llandudno to Bangor. In a show of support for Shaun and all blind veterans, they undertook ... Read More »
As the UK sees the number of people undergoing an amputation reach record levels, a trail-blazing amputee is showing how to overcome the loss and live normally with assistive technology- even going to the loo. Ray Edwards MBE is now Britain’s longest surviving quad amputee, (arms and legs amputated)- when he lost the limbs through septicemia in 1987. But his ... Read More »
World-leading prosthetic manufacturer Ottobock, has launched a new technologically advanced prosthetic leg designed specifically for people with low mobility levels who encounter problems walking in their daily life. The new Kenevo knee, which has been launched in the UK today, uses some of the most advanced technology in world to help patients, sit, stand and walk during the rehabilitation process. ... Read More »
Peter Bowker leads the 65 Degrees North expedition as they set off on the world’s first unsupported attempt by an amputee to cross the Greenland Ice Cap this week. Their mission is a 600km, well below freezing trek over 25-days. The team will cross the ice cap on skis pulling pulls weighing up to 80kg in temperatures as low as ... Read More »
When Yoko Sato lost her left leg in an accident, she fell into despair. The stigma of amputation in a country that views disability as something to be pitied added to her misery. But then the Japanese office worker met prosthesis maker Fumio Usui, whose artificial legs let Sato and women like her not only run, play football and execute karate ... Read More »
World champion Jody Cundy set a new personal best in the C4-5 kilo to help Great Britain to two gold medals on the final day of the Newport Para-cycling International. The 36-year-old set a time of 1:04.480, over four seconds quicker than Jozef Metelka in second. Neil Fachie and pilot Craig MacLean added tandem sprint gold to their kilo win ... Read More »
With a whole host of silver and gold medals under her belt and having been ranked 28th in the world in slalom racing, Heather Mills is now embarking on a brand new challenge, as she attempts to break the Guinness World Record for speed skiing. Having lost her leg in a collision with a police motorcycle back in 1993, Heather’s ... Read More »
YOU can’t teach an old brain new tricks – or so we thought. New research by Oxford scientists has found evidence that the organ could be even more adaptable than previously thought. And it is believed the findings could lead to new ways to treat people who have lost limbs, had a stroke or suffered a brain injury. Study leader ... Read More »
Belinda Gatland slips on a crystal encrusted running blade, glittering proof that anything is possible with design and innovation. This stunning crystal encrusted prosthesis was designed to be worn for a charity photo-shoot by our client Belinda Gatland, who had her left leg amputated after a horse-riding accident. Inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s well-know phrase ‘Diamonds are a girls best friend’, ... Read More »
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