#Prosthetic fitting

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Restoring Mobility and Independence with Findlay Prosthetic & Orthotic Center

At Findlay Prosthetic & Orthotic Center, located in the heart of Ohio, we believe that mobility is a fundamental right for everyone. Our mission is to empower individuals by providing state-of-the-art prosthetic and orthotic solutions tailored to each unique need. Whether it’s regaining mobility after an amputation or supporting physical challenges, we’re here to help our patients lead fulfilling lives.

Our Commitment to Excellence

At Findlay Prosthetic & Orthotic Center, we combine cutting-edge technology with compassionate care to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients. Here’s what sets us apart:

Personalized Solutions: Every patient is unique, and so are their needs. We work closely with individuals to design prosthetic and orthotic devices that fit their lifestyles, goals, and medical requirements.

Expert Team: Our team of certified prosthetists and orthotists brings years of experience and dedication to every case.

Advanced Technology: From 3D scanning to lightweight, durable materials, we utilize the latest advancements in the field.

Comprehensive Care: We provide ongoing support, adjustments, and rehabilitation guidance to help patients adapt and thrive.

Services We Offer

Findlay Prosthetic & Orthotic Center specializes in a range of services to address diverse needs:

Custom Prosthetics: We craft prosthetic limbs that restore functionality and confidence. Whether it’s a lower limb or upper limb prosthetic, our solutions are designed for comfort and performance.

Orthotic Devices: From braces to supports, we design orthotic solutions that aid mobility, alleviate pain, and improve stability.

Pediatric Care: Children have unique needs, and we create prosthetic and orthotic devices that grow with them.

Sports Prosthetics: For athletes, we provide specialized devices that allow them to pursue their passions.

Post-Surgical Care: We assist patients transitioning to prosthetic use after surgery with comprehensive support and counseling.

Why Choose Findlay Prosthetic & Orthotic Center?

Choosing the right prosthetic and orthotic provider is crucial for your journey to better mobility. Here’s why Findlay Prosthetic & Orthotic Center is the preferred choice for many in Ohio:

Patient-Centered Approach: Your comfort and satisfaction are our priorities.

Proven Track Record: We have a history of successful outcomes and happy patients.

Community Focused: As a local Ohio-based center, we understand the needs of our community.

Seamless Collaboration: We work closely with your healthcare providers to ensure holistic care.

Steps to Begin Your Journey

If you or a loved one needs prosthetic or orthotic care, here’s how to get started:

Schedule a Consultation: Reach out to us to discuss your needs and goals.

Evaluation: Our team will assess your medical history and physical condition.

Customization: We design and create your device, ensuring a perfect fit.

Ongoing Support: We provide regular adjustments and guidance to help you adapt.

[ethosiab]

[9] I could not tell you who suggested the idea to them or why they're doing it but slabtek are trying each others signature outfits on!

Don't forget to donate!

[mari-lair]

Isaaaaaa

[astronomodome]

If you're still doing the hermit swap game-- how about a butterfly tango?

really good idea actually. he is some bug...

i based his butterfly bits off of the arizona metalmark!

[clatterbane]

Interesting video. They are apparently skipping the plastic test socket step with mine, and going straight for carbon fiber. Usually they will do something transparent first, to make it easier to spot fit issues. But, gotta trust the process for now, I guess!

Early o'clock appointment at the prosthetics place this morning. This was waiting in the office after the initial intake talking to the prosthetist, while he went off for a while to look into using a bigger room where they do casting.

The prosthetist I got was a youngish Indian guy who seemed fine to deal with so far. My shitty Swedish skills did not turn out to be an issue today either, which was a relief. Occasionally I really do need Mr. C to act as interpreter on some things, but that really wasn't needed today. And it's extra important to get clear communication going with a prosthetist, at least if you want to get an actually useful prosthesis.

The initial assessment was pretty encouraging. He was initially concerned that the situation might have been complicated by the delays, and me mostly being stuck in the chair for 4 years and counting now. But, I really do NOT have the troublesome muscle contractures or level of general deconditioning that they were halfway expecting to see. Actually seemed impressed (like the PT people last time) at my leg strength now, after a couple of quick tests.

I am in absolutely terrible shape right now, for myself as an individual. But, I am also NOT upward of 70 and with other serious health issues complicating matters, like the average client they'd be encountering. Kinda makes a difference. Also, being persistently unable to fucking sit still for more than a few minutes at a time has probably actually worked to my advantage in this case.

At any rate, the guy quickly seemed convinced that, with a little practice and reconditioning and all that good stuff? I am likely to be very active, and need to be set up with appropriate equipment to that end.

Thankfully, there that may well include more than one leg setup at a time, to be better for different purposes. Also a higher level ankle and foot than they put most people in especially starting out. ..

(They don't use exactly the same system for classification or criteria here, but it's pretty much the same idea. I haven't actually looked into the specifics. What'll get you around a grocery store fine won't necessarily work so well if you're wanting to hike around uneven terrain, etc. Sounded like I went straight to the equivalent of K4 back in the US, though.)

Gotta say I was a tad concerned about that part, going in. I didn't make it as far as the actual prosthetics clinic dealing with the NHS, but overall I kept getting these mixed messages that I was young and healthy, and should spring back in no time--and also that it was basically only expected for a middle-aged AFAB person to occasionally gimp around the shops, and that it might be unreasonable to expect to ever get back much better mobility than that. Which could easily turn into a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially with enough pennypinching involved. Again, I never made it to the stage of working with the local "Limb Centre", so may have run into some different attitudes there. It may have been better than I still sorta suspect.

As it stands, though? Nobody's looked at me like I had two heads when I've mentioned wanting to get back on a bike. Very normal daily activity, living in a purposely very bikeable city! Or anything else, really. I do not want to start running marathons now, I just want the ability to get back to some reasonable-for-my-hyper-ass level of activity doing stuff that I actually enjoy.

It sounds like I should at some point get a leg set up for general walking-around purposes including hiking (as one of my explicitly stated goals) and one set up better for cycling (as the other major one), using different attachment systems and slightly different ankle/foot components. May be able to get a swim fin foot in the future to swap on if I want to get back into that. It is evidently (thankfully!) not like some insurance coverage elsewhere or some of the things I hear about experiences with the NHS, where you're necessarily getting one all-purpose leg to last you for 5 years or whatever.

I really don't know what they're intending with the timeframe for both, but it should be 2-3 weeks until the walking-around leg is ready to try on. They may need to do some adjustments before it's ready to start getting up on. It sounded like they're doing the socket building in house, rather than sending it out to some more centralized facility--which is to the good, as long as they know what they're doing. Sounded like my leg guy would be doing the fabrication.

I was a little surprised that they're skipping the temporary socket step and going straight for a final version, but things have had a good while to shrink down on their own by now, and that guy wasn't foreseeing my bony leg shrinking down much more anytime soon so that it needed a new smaller socket to fit. That is a pretty common thing for people who have started the process much sooner after surgery.

(No, he just kept commenting on how knobbly mine is. Which, he's not wrong. That does need some extra fitting accommodation around the potential pressure points, however.)

I did not go home entirely empty handed today, though.

I did get one of the "real" liners made for wear under a socket, as opposed to the compression-only sleeve that PT put me wearing. It is remarkably more comfortable, as I was hoping. We're talking a neoprene sleeve with enough of a silicone gel lining to make a seal on the leg, and it's cut down lower. Not extra bastard heavy duty silicone only.

With limited wear so far, the less rigid material is indeed NOT trapping and pinching the hell out of any flesh on the back of my leg. I did take it off after we got home because my skin there does need a little rest break to heal after what the first one has been doing to it. I do not really intend to put the white one on again. Will be happy to give that thing back to PT whenever I see them again.

But yeah, there is no doubt an awful lot of work in my near future. I am extremely relieved to finally have an aftermarket leg this close in sight, though. It almost felt like a "when I win the lottery" type prospect, there for a while. (And I am trying not to place similarly unrealistic expectations on the whole process, tbqh.)

[saym0-0]

au where when martin calls jon's bluff in season 4 (? its been a while idk where exactly) about stabbing their eyes out and running away together, they go fuck you no and actually go through with it. they then go to their only other friends, their former band mates like heeyyy i just disabled myself and cant really live alone rn help 🙏 and boom somehow they restart the mechanisms. jon gets cool steampunk prosthetic eyes. they look like this. (image under the cut). oh yeah they/them jon because they deserve it

(link to the reddit post this is from)

[54625]

I think Fit's real soulmate that he is destined to meet in every universe is actually the amputation of his left arm

[science70]

Prosthetic hand with moveable fingers, DHSS Limb Fitting Centre, Roehampton, London, 1979.

[soundleer]

I have this in my head so-

*Shows Garnold an evil jellybean-sized version of himself (make him as angy and evil as you want)*

this little critter is so angy

garnold can't help but find this tiny evil him endearing

me rusty and evil >:(

[sangthael]

5 years changes a lot

[findlayamericanprosthetic-01]

Welcome to Findlay Prosthetic & Orthotic Center, the leading provider of prosthetic and orthotic services in Findlay, Ohio. Our mission is to offer perfect prosthetic fitting and comprehensive orthotic solutions tailored to your unique needs. Our experienced team uses advanced technology to ensure optimal mobility and comfort.

[timethehobo]

Been thinking of my Inquisitor again. I’m so excited to see him back in Veilguard. 😭

[ohitslen]

"My body's all beaten up.

But this love, I can't let you go"

"Love & Peace" by 6FU;

No text and the cover of the single that inspired this 🙌

[spotlightstudios]

Finally doodling my hyperfixations again! This time, it's DogDay! He's super goofy and silly and deserved a lot better, and I'm joining the crew of people who want to carry him away on their back (ft. Light, my Persona!)

[masonjarart]

Just realized how much realm Fit being apart of the kingdom and living in (?sorta) a lavish castle is crazy btw compared to qfit who was always having the beautiful things in his life stripped away from him who was from a place where those things didn't exist so he didn't know how to create them and lived in a hole for the majority of the server his son made him a beautiful castle and it was taken he was creating a beautiful life and it was ripped from his grasp and he was tossed back to where beautiful things are stomped out of they're allowed to be born at all meanwhile realm fits in this beautiful castle getting the finest armor made for him I just love how different the world is for realm fit compared to qfit u know?

[bastart13]

A question, does Lucio's prosthetic arm work or does it just hang on his shoulder? And if the other LI lost an arm what design of their prosthetic arm would be

Honest question: have you played the game?

Not only is he posed in a lot of the art using his arm, he's often described using his arm in narration, and even purely in-universe, why would Lucio kidnap and force two alchemists to build him a prosthetic arm if it wasn't going to do anything?

But onto hypotheticals!

It's kind of cute thinking about what approaches they'd have to needing a prosthetic.

I feel like Asra's would be either made by his parents or self-made, ironically resembling Lucio's arm the most because of those influences. But it'd definitely have more interesting use in channeling magic.

Julian's would be similarly self-made/scrapped together. Lots of exposed metal and leather straps with more of a hook and crude joint than any life-like articulation. I imagine they'd be some magic element but a lot more downplayed.

In contrast, Muriel's is almost all magic. He carved the pieces himself and worked with Asra to fix it in place. While it acts a lot more like a natural arm, I think it's more prone to shorting out.

Nadia's is definitely designed by herself. Even if she had the pieces made and enchanted by other artisans, it's mechanical and elegant in a way only she could design. Like Lucio's, it can have additional covers and accesories.

And Portia's is probably the least expensive and a gift from Mazelinka. It's another case where it's magical, but Portia never knew the extent of it. It's cute, wooden, and jointed like a doll, with a practical hook, and she spent the first days with painting it.