FW: hip disarticulation and ice skating
Hill, Geoff
Description
Collection
Title:
FW: hip disarticulation and ice skating
Creator:
Hill, Geoff
Date:
7/5/2001
Text:
Geoff Hill,
Prosthetist,
Amputee Unit,
Caulfield General Medical Centre,
Melbourne,
Australia.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hill, Geoff
> Sent: Thursday, 5 July 2001 16:00
> To: <Email Address Redacted> >EDU'
> Subject: hip disarticulation and ice skating
>
> Two different questions actually, but I got your attention.
> Q1. A bilateral transtibial client is eager to return to ice skating. It's
> not a popular sport locally so I have no experience with it. Extrapolating
> from unilateral rollerbladers I'm tending to think fixed ankles will give
> more control of the skates. Anyone had any experience with this? PS we are
> very restricted by cost.
>
> Q2 I'm shortly to cast for a HD prosthesis for a recent HD/TT trauma pt.
> I'm currently weighing up hip joint choices, especially between the Bock
> 7E5 or 7E7. Other issues are: unable to weight bear through right hand or
> forearm, standing tolerance in TT prosthesis approx 2 minutes, extensive
> abdominal scarring. Any opinions?
>
> many thanks
>
> Geoff Hill,
> Prosthetist,
> Amputee Unit,
> Caulfield General Medical Centre,
> Melbourne,
> Australia.
>
>
>
>
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Prosthetist,
Amputee Unit,
Caulfield General Medical Centre,
Melbourne,
Australia.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hill, Geoff
> Sent: Thursday, 5 July 2001 16:00
> To: <Email Address Redacted> >EDU'
> Subject: hip disarticulation and ice skating
>
> Two different questions actually, but I got your attention.
> Q1. A bilateral transtibial client is eager to return to ice skating. It's
> not a popular sport locally so I have no experience with it. Extrapolating
> from unilateral rollerbladers I'm tending to think fixed ankles will give
> more control of the skates. Anyone had any experience with this? PS we are
> very restricted by cost.
>
> Q2 I'm shortly to cast for a HD prosthesis for a recent HD/TT trauma pt.
> I'm currently weighing up hip joint choices, especially between the Bock
> 7E5 or 7E7. Other issues are: unable to weight bear through right hand or
> forearm, standing tolerance in TT prosthesis approx 2 minutes, extensive
> abdominal scarring. Any opinions?
>
> many thanks
>
> Geoff Hill,
> Prosthetist,
> Amputee Unit,
> Caulfield General Medical Centre,
> Melbourne,
> Australia.
>
>
>
>
THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL. If you have received this email in error,
please notify us immediately by return email and delete the document. If
you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any
disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the
contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
Bayside Health is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of
the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its
receipt.
Citation
Hill, Geoff, “FW: hip disarticulation and ice skating,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216892.
