Prosthesis

Advancements of Prosthetics Over the Years 1 in 190 Americans are currently living with the loss of a limb, in the year 2005 1.6 million people were living with the loss of a limb (Langtree,2016). Therefore, prosthetics have advanced due to the change to lighter material, the change in mobility (movement),and the design has become more productable and useful for the amputee. “The evolution of prosthetics is a long and storied history, from its primitive beginnings to its sophisticated present,…

Braces are available for legs, feet, and hands. The Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation states, “Braces are orthotic devices used to hold part of the body in the correct position to allow function and healing” (2014). Individuals with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease use braces to support the compromised muscles to move from place to place independently. Braces are the most common evidence-based intervention for those who have CMT. Typically, individuals with CMT use braces for the legs, ankles, and…

Approximately 185,000 amputations occur in the United States each year. (Kozak,1998). That’s 185,000 people who may be battling with finding themselves connecting to people in the U.S population due to their insecurities. Imagine what it is like for amputees trying to discover a companion to give them a long term loving relationship. Not everyone is super accepting of someone who can unlatch their metal rod of a leg after a long day at work. In the article by Andy Greenburg, “A Step Beyond…

Throughout my research I had a multitude of inquiries on how prosthetics could be used to expand the body. As I mentioned before, prosthetics move from identifying nerve signals being sent from the brain, as well as from contractions, but I wonder if they can just use contractions to make an entirely new limb that can be controlled by just by contracting certain muscles, as an external prosthetic. It could be an extra arm or leg, or even finger, and even if it wouldn’t be fully controlled, it…

Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” contains several short stories each containing their own morals. Two of these stories are “The Life You Save May Be Your Own" and "Good Country People", both of these stories take place in the South and revolve around a seemingly innocent man who ends up taking advantage of a young woman. In “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, a man wanders to the house of an elderly woman willing to help out for no pay, and eventually is married to her daughter…

I don’t hate my trauma counselor. In fact, I like her a lot. I just hate the fact that I have to see her. Her name is Dr. Margolis. She’s older than my mother, though probably not by too much-- if I had to guess I’d say she’s in her mid-fifties. She keeps telling me that I can call her Joan (I guess she’s trying to prove that she’s young and hip or something), but I can’t bring myself to. Of course she’s older than Celeste Tanner was, but they have the same coloring: deep silvery-blue eyes and…

In all of Flannery O'Connor's short stories she has at least one protagonist who is diseased or has a disability. She writes about characters who reject God and individuals who are in need of grace. At a young age, she got diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, like her father. Nonetheless, she did not let this get in the way of her writing, and ultimately decided to base a handful of her characters and stories off of her experience in life and what she has seen. Rufus Johnson is a…

It continually floods social media, websites, and the news that teenagers are only capable of doing bad things. There are, however, a few, out of many, teenagers that say otherwise. Those teenagers are Zach Sobiech, Yash Gupta, and Easton LaChappelle. Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. This is a form of cancer. He was diagnosed in May of 2012. During this time of struggle, Zach turned to his friends, family, and guitar. Zach Sobiech began writing songs as a way to say goodbye to his…

3-D Printing Prosthetics by Cameron Norman There are between 10 and 15 million amputees in the world. People who go through the hardship of losing a limb go through an incredible amount of pain each day. Not only this, but attempting to get a prosthetic limb that may allow them to function as they used to, is not only a difficult, costly process but it also does not lessen the emotional pain of having to live without a limb. With 3D Printing becoming an increasingly popular new technology,…

RA_hand_deformity As a victim of both osteo and rheumatoid arthritis I was delighted at the news that sufferers now have fresh hope of something that will answer their needs. The news has been published that some after patients - given a revolutionary new electronic implant - were effectively cured of the dreadful condition. It appears that the doctors concerned employed tiny pacemaker style devices which were embedded in the necks of severe rheumatoid arthritis patients - like myself - to…