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Finding Your Strength: Mental Health Resources for Amputees Adjusting to Limb Loss
Losing a limb can be a life-altering event, filled with physical and emotional challenges. Adjusting to a new body image, navigating...
JP Donovan
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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Of Shoes and Other Feet.
COVID-19 is reshaping life as we know it. But for one group, the changes may feel pretty familiar.
JP Donovan
Apr 17, 20202 min read
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No Limits.
Sometimes, you meet a patient that just inspires you. That's the case with 13-year old Kaleb Merola.
JP Donovan
Aug 8, 20191 min read
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Controlling costs for prosthetic care.
Recently a patient called us with a question about his explanation of benefits from Medicare. He is concerned that Medicare is going to...
JP Donovan
Jun 18, 20192 min read
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How are you calibrated?
I admit, I have a soft spot for Travis Mills. There's so much about his story that's inspiring. From the sense of duty that drove him to...
JP Donovan
Apr 18, 20191 min read
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When Care isn't Convenient, Convenience is Care.
Over a long career of serving amputee patients, one thing I've always found to be true is that care may not always be convenient, but...
JP Donovan
Apr 8, 20192 min read
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June is Scoliosis Awareness Month. What you need to know.
Scoliosis, a condition in which the spine curves sideways in an S or C shape, affects roughly 3% of the population of the US. While it is...
JPDonovan
Jun 21, 20171 min read
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Do you know someone with limb loss? According to these stats, probably.
Every year for Limb Loss Awareness Month (April), the Amputee Coalition shares information related to limb loss. One stat that’s striking...
JP Donovan
May 17, 20171 min read
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Top 5 Prosthetic Technologies AtlanticProCare is Watching in 2017
Every year, scientists and engineers find new ways to deliver prosthetic advancements that improve the lives of more and more amputees. This
JPDonovan
Feb 8, 20172 min read
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What Will the New Administration Mean for Amputees?
There’s not a great deal of clarity around the outlook for those with limb loss, but there are some issues that bear watching in the months
JP Donovan
Jan 31, 20172 min read
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Top 5 Ways Amputees Can Prepare for Winter
Winter’s long, dark nights, snow and cold, and treacherous driving and walking can be a challenge for anybody. But for below-the-knee...
JP Donovan
Dec 8, 20162 min read
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Diet Tips for Amputees with Diabetes
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month -- a time to call attention to a disease that affects 1 in every 11 Americans. It’s also a...
AtlanticProCare
Nov 15, 20162 min read
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The Lab: Where the Magic Happens
Our patients come in, meet with our team, discuss their needs and goals, we do some evaluation and measurement, and then POOF! A new prosthe
JP Donovan
Sep 13, 20162 min read
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Limb Loss Awareness
April is Limb Loss Awareness Month, and it's an opportunity to shine a light on a subject that is often uncomfortable for people to discuss.
JP Donovan
Apr 4, 20161 min read
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