Types of Prosthetic Arms: Everyday Use Guide
Types of Prosthetic Arms: Everyday Use Guide Plain-English guide to prosthetic arm types: passive, body-powered, myoelectric, hybrid and activity-specific options, plus daily-use q…
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Body-Powered vs Myoelectric Prosthetic Arms
Body-Powered vs Myoelectric Prosthetic Arms Plain-English comparison of body-powered and myoelectric prosthetic arms: control, comfort, weight, maintenance, training, and daily-use…
Parenting with One Arm: What Actually Works
Parenting with One Arm: What Actually Works Parenting is already a one-handed job most of the time. With limb difference, it just needs a sharper home setup and better gear choices…
Single-Arm Steering Aids: A Buying Guide for Australian Drivers
Single-Arm Steering Aids: A Buying Guide for Australian Drivers Spinner knobs, the OT assessment, NDIS funding, brands, prices, and the Perth installer who did mine. The complete b…
Living with One Arm: A Practical Starting Guide
Living with One Arm: A Practical Starting Guide The first weeks of one-handed living are rough. Here's what actually pulls a routine back together, from someone who's been there. G…
Travel Tips for People Living with One Arm
Travel Tips for People Living with One Arm Packing, airport flow, and hotel setup ideas for trips that don't drain you. Real-world tips from someone who travels often. Travel trave…
Morning Exercise Routines for One-Armed Athletes
Morning Exercise Routines for One-Armed Athletes A short morning routine that wakes up the body, protects your overworked side, and doesn't leave you cooked for the rest of the day…
Driving with One Arm: Adaptations and Confidence
Driving with One Arm: Adaptations and Confidence Getting back behind the wheel takes more than mechanics. The setup, the legal side, and how to rebuild confidence one trip at a tim…
Returning to Work After Arm Amputation
Returning to Work After Arm Amputation Going back to work isn't about pushing through. Here's how to plan the return, talk to your employer, and pace it so you can keep going. Work…
Cooking One-Handed: Kitchen Tools and Strategies That Save Time
…hat reduce frustration. Daily Life cooking one handed one handed cooking cooking with one arm cooking with one hand one handed kitchen tools kitchen adaptive tools Quick answer Coo…
Best One-Handed Shower Aids and Bathroom Setup
…ds one-handed grooming Quick answer The most useful one handed shower aids usually do one of three things: they stop slipping, remove twist and squeeze packaging, or give you a sta…
One-Handed Adaptive Equipment That Actually Helps
…r aids and bathroom setup Cooking one handed: kitchen tools and strategies that save time Types of prosthetic arms: everyday use guide Single arm steering aids: a buying guide for…
What Does Phantom Pain Mean? Practical Day-to-Day Guide
…elf care Quick answer Phantom pain means pain that feels like it comes from a limb, hand, arm, finger, or other body part that is no longer there or no longer has normal sensation.…
Adaptive Sports and Hobbies Worth Exploring
…s the one you'll keep coming back to, not the one that looks coolest from outside. Plenty of people pick the impressive option, do it for six weeks, hate it, and feel worse than wh…
One-Handed Kitchen Tools Worth Buying
…able chopping board, a jar opener, easy open containers, lighter pans, and a clear heatproof landing area near the stove and oven. Do not buy a tool because it looks clever. Buy it…
One-Handed Shower Setup: Grab Bars, Mats, Stools and Pump Bottles
…outine Do not design only the shower. Design the whole sequence: enter, wash, rinse, turn off water, dry, dress, manage prosthetic liner or residual limb care if relevant, and leav…
Talking About Limb Difference, Without It Wrecking Your Day
…andle conversations on your own terms. Relationships relationships social boundaries Most of the social tiredness around limb difference isn't any one conversation. It's the sheer…
Getting Your Confidence Back After Limb Loss
…aky walking into a cafe. What actually shifts things is doing something. Making your own coffee. Paying at a checkout. Holding a real conversation with the new neighbour. Then bein…
Why Peer Support Matters After Limb Loss
…he bigger difference. Community community support mental health There's a particular kind of loneliness that comes after limb loss, and well-meaning family can't reach it. They lov…