QUESTIONS ON COMPONENTS THAT WILL LAST
BANZIGER
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Title:
QUESTIONS ON COMPONENTS THAT WILL LAST
Creator:
BANZIGER
Date:
3/4/1998
Text:
Hi all,
This request for input may seem simple, but I have an bilateral below knee
amputee who seems to have some special needs.
The client is male, 35 years old, and weighs 200 lbs. He has bilateral BK
stumps of good length (7). He is extremly active, wears his prostheses for
16 hours per day. The amputations are elected after burns which left him
with bilateral partial foot amputations initially. He at this time starts
his day at 4 am, doing 10 paper routes per day, sometimes more (4 to 5 km
slow jogging), works in the house finishing off his basement, does normal
activities with his family, (wife and two kids) and follows an otherwise a
normal day of activities. The problem is, None of the components he has used
seem to last.
He has in the past used:
Carbon Copy II feet, Seattle Light Feet, Reflex RSVP Flex Feet, Icerross and
Seattle limb Shuttle locks, Stratus Shock Absorbers and those components all
fail or break in a relative short time and require frequent repairs and / or
replacement.
He currently wears iceross suspension systems with Fillauer Shuttle locks,
(which work great, endolite Ankles and Seattle light Feet. He misses the
shockabsorbing features the Stratus Unit and the Reflex Feet have given him,
as they reduced the impact and relieved him of the back and knee pain.
Unfortunately they did not last.
I am looking for components that will provide shockabsobtion, and are
reliable. Does anyone have any experience with some of the other feet on the
market wich would stand up for such a client with a excessive level of
activity? I learned as a practicioner, that not all the expensive new goods
out ther are reliable and I, in this instance, would like to provide this
client with something reliable and functional wich suits his needs. He lives
2 hours away from my practice, and I need to assure him and the payment
agency that we have a reliable plan for him in the future.
Thank you in advance for your oppinions and suggestions.
Eugene Banziger, CPO
This request for input may seem simple, but I have an bilateral below knee
amputee who seems to have some special needs.
The client is male, 35 years old, and weighs 200 lbs. He has bilateral BK
stumps of good length (7). He is extremly active, wears his prostheses for
16 hours per day. The amputations are elected after burns which left him
with bilateral partial foot amputations initially. He at this time starts
his day at 4 am, doing 10 paper routes per day, sometimes more (4 to 5 km
slow jogging), works in the house finishing off his basement, does normal
activities with his family, (wife and two kids) and follows an otherwise a
normal day of activities. The problem is, None of the components he has used
seem to last.
He has in the past used:
Carbon Copy II feet, Seattle Light Feet, Reflex RSVP Flex Feet, Icerross and
Seattle limb Shuttle locks, Stratus Shock Absorbers and those components all
fail or break in a relative short time and require frequent repairs and / or
replacement.
He currently wears iceross suspension systems with Fillauer Shuttle locks,
(which work great, endolite Ankles and Seattle light Feet. He misses the
shockabsorbing features the Stratus Unit and the Reflex Feet have given him,
as they reduced the impact and relieved him of the back and knee pain.
Unfortunately they did not last.
I am looking for components that will provide shockabsobtion, and are
reliable. Does anyone have any experience with some of the other feet on the
market wich would stand up for such a client with a excessive level of
activity? I learned as a practicioner, that not all the expensive new goods
out ther are reliable and I, in this instance, would like to provide this
client with something reliable and functional wich suits his needs. He lives
2 hours away from my practice, and I need to assure him and the payment
agency that we have a reliable plan for him in the future.
Thank you in advance for your oppinions and suggestions.
Eugene Banziger, CPO
Citation
BANZIGER, “QUESTIONS ON COMPONENTS THAT WILL LAST,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 7, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/210484.
