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thrive magazine - Living Well with Limb Loss

A UNYQ Idea

With passion and pride, Eythor Bender is on a mission to tear down the walls of stigma that accompanies amputation. His San Francisco-headquartered company uses 3-D printing technology to promote prosthetic fashion. That company is UNYQ.

Sole Cells to Sturdy Stump Skin

Bioengineers Dr. Claire Higgins and Dr. Colin Boyle, from London’s (U.K.) Imperial College, want to use the thick, tough skin from the sole of the foot as a stencil for sturdier stump skin.

Health & Activity

Nutrition Tips For Amputees

Nutrition can be a powerful ally, helping to fuel you mentally and physically for the challenges of living with an amputation. Make nutrition work for you by focusing on eating.

Stepping Stones: Christine Caron

Four years ago, Christine Caron, a middle-aged Ottawa woman, saw life as she knew it shockingly transformed, but the monumental changes were not as tall as her towering spirit.

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Amputee Support Centre

When a Grandparent Loses a Limb

Tips to help kids cope.

Concept to Completion

TRS Inc. was formed in 1979 by upper limb amputee Bob Radocy, who was frustrated by the limited performance of commercially-available prosthetic devices at the time.

A Leg with No Name

I’ve never named my prosthesis, which, if you know me, is strange. I named my tumour... “Bowashin”. My residual limb goes by the handle of “Forest Stump”.

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