Inward limb rotation
K ROCHE
Description
Collection
Title:
Inward limb rotation
Creator:
K ROCHE
Date:
2/12/2008
Text:
Can anyone help. I have received this email from an amputee and I'm not sure what to advise. Any help would be truly appreciated.
I have been advised that whilst removing my right leg due to infection it was necessary to remove two lager muscles from the inside of the stump. The problem is that my prosthetic limb rotates inwards when walking. I'm advised that the outer leg muscles cause this rotation as they are notbalanced due to the missing muscles. I can't believe I'm the first to have this condition and feel that here must be a solution. I attend the Mary Marlborough Centre in Oxford and have attended approx. monthly for adjustments since September 2006. I have never seen the consultant, only the doctor and limb fitter. The doctor assures me that he has talked to the former consultant who stated that there was no real solution. I am 80 but active, as far as I can be, but walking is hopeless after a few steps as the foot turns inward. Even putting the leg on is difficult as there are no points of location, just a round cup with a stuck on pad to attempt to stop rotation. I am not a
moaner but feel there must be a solution. HELP
Any suggestions,
Kiera
Kiera Roche
Projects Director
The Douglas Bader Foundation
Registered Charity No 800435
www.douglasbaderfoundation.com www.limblossinformationcentre.com
Hike Cuba 2nd -10th March 2008 Sponsor me at www.justgiving.com/cathyandkiera
Lingfield Park Bike Ride Sunday 8th June 2008 at Lingfield Park Race Course
London to Paris Bike Ride Friday 27th - Monday 30th June 2008 to raise ongoing funds for the Amputee Games
Amputee Games 13th, 14th, 15th June 2008 at Stoke Mandeville
The foundation exists to advance and promote the physical, mental and spiritual; welfare and benefit of persons who are without one or more limbs, or otherwise physically disabled.
I have been advised that whilst removing my right leg due to infection it was necessary to remove two lager muscles from the inside of the stump. The problem is that my prosthetic limb rotates inwards when walking. I'm advised that the outer leg muscles cause this rotation as they are notbalanced due to the missing muscles. I can't believe I'm the first to have this condition and feel that here must be a solution. I attend the Mary Marlborough Centre in Oxford and have attended approx. monthly for adjustments since September 2006. I have never seen the consultant, only the doctor and limb fitter. The doctor assures me that he has talked to the former consultant who stated that there was no real solution. I am 80 but active, as far as I can be, but walking is hopeless after a few steps as the foot turns inward. Even putting the leg on is difficult as there are no points of location, just a round cup with a stuck on pad to attempt to stop rotation. I am not a
moaner but feel there must be a solution. HELP
Any suggestions,
Kiera
Kiera Roche
Projects Director
The Douglas Bader Foundation
Registered Charity No 800435
www.douglasbaderfoundation.com www.limblossinformationcentre.com
Hike Cuba 2nd -10th March 2008 Sponsor me at www.justgiving.com/cathyandkiera
Lingfield Park Bike Ride Sunday 8th June 2008 at Lingfield Park Race Course
London to Paris Bike Ride Friday 27th - Monday 30th June 2008 to raise ongoing funds for the Amputee Games
Amputee Games 13th, 14th, 15th June 2008 at Stoke Mandeville
The foundation exists to advance and promote the physical, mental and spiritual; welfare and benefit of persons who are without one or more limbs, or otherwise physically disabled.
Citation
K ROCHE, “Inward limb rotation,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/229025.
