Healthcare Options

 

Clinical Nutrition/Dietetics

• recommend healthy living practices for weight control and smoking cessation

For more information, please visit the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website at www.eatright.org

 

Clinical Psychology

• provide coping strategies and assistance with management of pre/post-operative stress, anxiety, depression, and disability

 

Orthotics/Prosthetics

• fabricate and modify custom prosthetic devices  by addressing your medical, physical, and emotional needs

For more information, please visit the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics website at www.naaop.org

 

Physical & Occupational Therapy

• ​decrease post-operative complications such as phantom limb pain, swelling, and joint contractures

• assist with residual limb shaping

• maintain/improve strength, endurance, and cardiovascular function

• provide mobility training to increase safety and independence with everyday movement

• teach adaptive strategies for self-care tasks including dressing, bathing, feeding, etc.

• education for doning and doffing of prosthesis as well as ensure proper fitting

For more information, please vist the www. apta. org or www.aota.org

 

Primary Care Provider/Physician

• ensure proper recovery and healing following amputation through frequent follow-up visits and continous monitoring 

• minimize and/or prevent post-operative complications including skin break-down, contracture, or infection

• make referals to other healthcare professionals

 

Recreational Therapy & Vocational Rehabilitation

• optimize community/work integration and life roles through community outings, use of assitive technology, and job/career training

 

Social Work

• ​identify and establish connections with local support groups who offer guidance and counseling

• assist in finding the proper resources to get the care or supplement indviduals and their families need to sustain a certain quality of life by acting as a link between you and the personnel in the health and psychology professions

For more information, please visist the National Association of Social Workers's website at www.naswdc.org