Living with One Arm: A Practical Starting Guide
…ly pulls a routine back together, from someone who's been there. Getting Started beginner daily life adaptation community The first few weeks after limb loss are mostly fog and fru…
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Cooking One-Handed: Kitchen Tools and Strategies That Save Time
…openers, safe hot-pan handling, prep routines, and kitchen tools that reduce frustration. Daily Life cooking one handed one handed cooking cooking with one arm cooking with one han…
One-Handed Kitchen Tools Worth Buying
…on-slip mats, stabilising boards, jar openers, lighter pans, safe storage, and prep flow. Daily Life one handed kitchen tools one handed cooking cooking one handed jar opener non-s…
Types of Prosthetic Arms: Everyday Use Guide
…arm types: passive, body-powered, myoelectric, hybrid and activity-specific options, plus daily-use questions. Prosthetics types of prosthetic arms types of arm prosthetics prosthe…
Adaptive Sports and Hobbies Worth Exploring
…Watch for overuse, especially at the start. Your good side is already doing extra duty in daily life, and a new activity can tip it from "managing" to "injured" if you go hard earl…
Body-Powered vs Myoelectric Prosthetic Arms
…red and myoelectric prosthetic arms: control, comfort, weight, maintenance, training, and daily-use trade-offs. Prosthetics body-powered prosthesis myoelectric prosthesis prostheti…
Parenting with One Arm: What Actually Works
…stop trying to wing it and start setting up the house to do half the work for you. Family life is already an endless loop of feeding, dressing, bathing, packing bags, and cleaning…
Returning to Work After Arm Amputation
…ne, including the boss. There are usually only two or three tasks that create most of the daily friction. Find them, fix those, and the rest of the job tends to follow. It might be…
Travel Tips for People Living with One Arm
…as easy are the ones where you front-loaded the setup. Travel uses more energy than home life and it's easy to forget. Build in actual rest, not just the gap between activities. P…
What Does Phantom Pain Mean? Practical Day-to-Day Guide
…ng, pressure, pins and needles, or something harder to describe. This is medical, but the daily pattern still matters A doctor, pain specialist, prosthetist, or rehabilitation team…
Best One-Handed Shower Aids and Bathroom Setup
…wer Proper grab bars where you naturally need support Pump bottles or wall dispensers for daily products Towels and clothes reachable before you step out Stable seat or stool if st…
One-Handed Adaptive Equipment That Actually Helps
…moves a two handed step, or keeps an item reachable. Start with low risk tools that solve daily friction: non slip mats, pump bottles, a spiked or clamp chopping board, a jar opene…
One-Handed Shower Setup: Grab Bars, Mats, Stools and Pump Bottles
…has confirmed they are suitable for your exact use. Where should shower products go? Put daily products between waist and shoulder height, on the side you can use easily, and some…
Single-Arm Steering Aids: A Buying Guide for Australian Drivers
…here modifying an older vehicle is genuinely cost effective and the vehicle has plenty of life left in it. The paper trail you'll need In rough order: A GP medical "fit to drive" l…
Talking About Limb Difference, Without It Wrecking Your Day
…don't owe them a longer answer just because they're embarrassed. Tell the people in your life what you want from them. They want to do the right thing in most cases, they just don…
Why Peer Support Matters After Limb Loss
…that works. Watching capable, full-living people unselfconsciously adapt makes the small daily compromises feel less like compromises. That shift, from "I shouldn't need this" to…