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Member July 14th, 2026
Announcing Events! Hi everyone. As the community grows, we want to encourage connections beyond just the posts and comments here. To enable that, we have built this feature — Events. The idea is that the community can connect with each other — either online, or in person. Catchup for coffee at a cafe, connect online when a few folks are free, or plan a meeting for a specific reason. We are also thinking of planning some official MyLimb events — maybe a Q&A with a prosthetician or therapist. And if there is a demand for it, we could even do something like this on a regular basis. As well as a regular online (maybe once a month) online meeting to just chat and connect. And remember you can plan any event that you want to, and invite whoever you want to those events.
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Member July 13th, 2026
Feedback on Reactions Hi everyone. We've added reactions — this is part of a larger feature that revolves around users asking questions and receiving help. We want to be able to identify what answers are helpful so that they can be shown more easily to others. For example two people may respond to a post, and both responses may be encouraging, but one post may also help the person with the problem that they are facing. Plus, others who see the post may also find this helpful. For now we are starting with two reactions: [ ❤️ Love this ] [ 🙏 this helped ] --------------------- One of the reasons we are building this is that a [like] or a ❤️ may not be suitable for all circumstances — for example if a person is sharing a sad or difficult circumstance they are going through. And so it makes sense to have more reaction options to show how you are really feeling. And yes, you can always add a comment, but you may not always be able to do that. So that is why we built this. - Do you think this makes sense? And if you do like it, what other reactions do you think we should add here? - Are these the right emojis to use or do you have other suggestions - Are there additional reactions that you think make sense for this community?
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Member July 11th, 2026
Water water everywhere So over the July 4 holiday we were in the panhandle of Fl. And while we were at a beach location, between the temperatures of 100+ F and people packing the beach, we decided the resort pool was a great alternative. On July 4 a transfemoral prosthetic user came to the pool and doffed his prosthesis to get in the pool. He did not swim, just hung out with an adult beverage with his friends. But the difficult time he had getting from his pool chair, in and out of the pool was hard for me to watch. As a prosthetist I never know when I should or should not engage in prosthetic conversations with strangers. I generally error on the side of not prying. 😳 But I so wanted to have a discussion about water components. So if you are reading this be sure and have that discussion with your prosthetist. Today’s prosthetic technology allows you to not only get stuff wet, but submerge the components for up to 30 minutes if “electrical” but for hours if not. Just rinse with fresh water, dry and keep going. There are a few companies that even have specialty feet/ankles for water activities. You can find them easily with a google search (if you are old, lol) or an even better result with one of the AI apps. (I like Gemini but I’m told that even though I’m using AI because I use Gemini I’m also old, lol). So enjoy the water this summer!
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Member July 11th, 2026
Europe and microprocessor prostheses Summer is a big travel time if the year in the US and abroad. Kids are out of school in the US, summer breaks in many of the EU countries. So for limb loss individuals that wear prostheses with microprocessor technology, they need a power source to charge up their prostheses every day. If you have not ever traveled outside of the US, check your destination for their 110v power source configuration, o you may be doomed with a dead knee, ankle, hand or elbow! Just a little advice as this week alone I heard several patients planning some fun trips overseas. If you are on a cruise ship with a main large US based brand, they have most outlet options in your stateroom. You will most likely be good. But if you are going to a VRBO, local boutique hotel, etc. you may need a conversion kit you can easily find on line and @ Amazon like the pic 👇. Be prepared and have FUN!!!
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Member July 11th, 2026
Emojis on MyLimb 😳❤️🙏👍🏼💪👏🏻 Emojis may not seem that important today on most social media sites, but they will be more relevant than you know on MyLimb. Exciting stuff to come as I or Arpan will soon share a sneak peek at some later release stuff to come. But for now a small but very cool feature that Arpan has changed is that the reader of a post or comment/reply now has the choice of Emoji to provide a quick feeling of their impression of a post. There is a ❤️ at the bottom of each post now instead of 👍🏼. But if you hover over it you will have 2 options now - ❤️ and 🙏. The ❤️ replaced 👍🏼 for something that you LIKE. The 🙏 is if you find something about the post HELPFUL. Should we keep the ❤️ or go back to 👍🏼 Should we keep the ❤️ for something you REALLY REALLY LOVED and add back 👍🏼 for something that you LIKED and have 🙏 if the post or reply was HELPFUL to you or a family member/friend Also should all the emojis be visible to choose from as a menu at the bottom of the list or only become visible as you hover over them? Let us know your thoughts! Your comments matter.
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Member July 8th, 2026
Bill T. A new beginning We moved to Nashville in 1988. I had to find a prothetic shop to service my leg, so I looked through the yellow pages to find one. For some reason I decided to try Dillard Prothetic's on Church Street. I went there one late afternoon and met Ed and Chuck Dillard. I was wearing a below knee leg with an elastic waist belt attached to my leg to hold it on as this was the suspension system at the time. I talked to them about my leg and they both decided I needed to improve this suspension and lose the belt and fitted me with a sleeve. I couldn't believe this was happening and stepped into the modern age of prosthetics. They also made an appointment for me to get a new leg started. Ed was Chuck's father and was an above the knee amputee giving him a first hand understanding what it was all about with this condition. Ed donated his time overseas in the Ukraine for a few months each year for 3 years to make legs for these people, doing what he could to help them. Chuck was an old school by the numbers type of craftsman. Each leg he made, he would always make me buy a new pair of shoes and made the new leg alignment based on the shoes I furnished. He made several legs for me. Chuck finally retired and sold the business to Aaron Sorensen.
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Member July 7th, 2026
Why does this look funny? So today is my second day back from a great Independence Day holiday with friends and family. On Tuesdays, I get to spend a lot of time with my resident,who is progressing quite nicely and is maturing into a very good clinician. But today she asked a good question, why does the socket look so funny? When you hold it up to the light, you can see that the top half of the socket allows light to come through while the bottom half of the socket does not. This socket is for a geriatric patient who is a low activity patient and one of the big concerns outside of the obvious like a comfortable fit is how heavy the prosthesis is. The materials used on this prosthesis are to keep the weight of the socket as light as possible. The dark area that you see ate areas of carbon which are used primarily at the distal end (bottom) to attach the socket to the block that connects it to the components. That attachment is the mechanical weak spot in any prothesis where everything is bolted to a laminated socket. The foot that we used on this prosthesis is not only lightweight, but it also allows quite a bit of flexibility to absorb ground reaction forces to reduce the pressures at the attachment point. This allows us to make a socket, which is much thinner with less material, which corresponds to less weight! But the way the technician laid this up, provides reinforcement at the weak point, which is at the bottom of the socket. So if you see a socket that permits light to “come through”, don’t necessarily think it’s not made to hold your body weight safely, know that they reinforced the bottom to make sure it can handle the ground reaction forces applied during weight-bearing and walking safely.
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