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Regain your confidence with just a little help by our prosthetics and orthotics in Florida! Contact South Beach OP and our staff will be there for you in each step that you take. We will assist you in creating, fabricating and fitting of the ideal prosthesis for the neck, back, upper and lower extremity. We recommend you to call us to book an appointment, but walk-ins are gladly welcomed by us as well.

A socket helps a person that needs a limb to be fitted properly, so they feel comfortable when used.

The wearer learns to walk in them through practice by alternately swinging them into position and then balancing on them while they move their unimpaired leg in its turn.

The fixture over time will unify with the bone and become much stronger. Thereafter, the replacement limb is connected to the fixture. Built with titanium, fixtures as well as prosthetic implants are pretty sturdy.

There are two types of a leg prosthesis, transtibial and transfemoral. The former is used to replace the missing knee. Transfemoral prosthetics is attached to the high thigh.

Did you get a prosthetic soon after you became an amputee? According to our finding, doctors have always advice that amputees get up and start walking soon after a person becomes an amputee.

To take advantage of your limb, you have to maintain a balance center of gravity when walking. For that, you will have to put a substantial amount of your body weight on the device. At first, you will a have problem with that. The device may appear as unreliable to you. But it is robust enough to hold your weight. Get a physical therapist to guide you on how to safely put your weight on a prosthetic leg.

Using artificial replacement limbs immediately after surgery is one hell of a job. But, slow and steady wins the race- have a little patient and over time using your limb will great fun. It will take few months after surgery to fully get used to it.