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REHABTech
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REHABTech
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updated : 1st June 2005
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PREFACE FOR “ ADVICE FOR AMPUTEES” - BY REHABTech
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| BEFORE THE OPERATION | 5 |
| A team approach | 5 |
| Preparation for your operation | 5 |
| YOUR FEELINGS | 7 |
| Family support | 7 |
| AFTER THE OPERATION | 8 |
| Post-operative pain | 8 |
| Phantom limb | 8 |
| Phantom pain | 8 |
| Post-operative exercises | 9 |
| Contractures | 9 |
| Sitting | 9 |
| Caring for your stump | 9 |
| Bandaging | 10 |
| Washing | 11 |
| Care of your remaining leg and foot | 11 |
| YOUR FIRST PROSTHESIS | 12 |
| Interim prosthesis | 12 |
| Learning to use your prosthesis | 12 |
| DEFINITIVE PROSTHESIS | 14 |
| Leg prosthesis | 14 |
| The Amputee Clinic | 14 |
| Shoes | 14 |
| Fitting your artificial leg | 16 |
| Upper limb prostheses | 17 |
| Fitting your artificial arm | 17 |
| Your new prosthesis | 17 |
| Learning to use your definitive prosthesis | 17 |
| Legs | 17 |
| Arms | 18 |
| Wearing an upper limb prosthesis | 19 |
| Looking after your prosthesis | 20 |
| Stump socks | 20 |
| RETURNING HOME | 21 |
| Out in public | 21 |
| Clothes | 21 |
| Returning to work | 22 |
| Driving a car | 22 |
| ADVICE TO THE PARENTS OF
LIMB-DEFICIENT AND AMPUTEE CHILDREN |
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| Limb-deficient children | 24 |
| Child amputees | 24 |
| Accepting your child | 24 |
| Early referral | 24 |
| Fitting the first prosthesis | 25 |
| Further visits | 25 |
| Answering your child's questions | 25 |
| Going to school | 26 |
| Adolescence | 26 |
| SPORT AND RECREATION | 27 |
| Swimming | 27 |
| Waterskiing | 27 |
| Fishing | 27 |
| Tennis, squash and other racquet games | |
| Cycling | 28 |
| Horseback riding | 28 |
| Golf | 28 |
| Bowling | 29 |
| GLOSSARY OF TERMS | 30 |
