Living with a leg amputation
What happens before and after a leg or foot amputation? What is the rehabilitation process, and what does everyday life with a prosthesis look like?
Living with a partial foot amputation
What happens before the partial foot amputation? What happens afterwards? What will my life be like with a partial foot prosthesis?
Living with an arm amputation
What happens before and after an arm or hand amputation? What is the rehabilitation process, and what does everyday life with a prosthesis look like?
Living with a finger amputation
What happens before a finger amputation? What happens afterwards? What will my life be like with a prosthesis?
Living with a leg amputation
What happens before and after a leg or foot amputation? What is the rehabilitation process, and what does everyday life with a prosthesis look like?
Before the leg amputation
Learn about what happens leading up to a planned amputation and how you can prepare yourself.
After the leg amputation
Read about residual limb healing, phantom pain, initial exercises after the amputation and the fitting with an interim and definitive prosthesis.
Rehabilitation and the leg prosthesis
After the amputation, an interdisciplinary team prepares you for everyday life with the prosthesis – including residual limb care, handling and gait training with the leg prosthesis.
Living with a partial foot amputation
What happens before the partial foot amputation? What happens afterwards? What will my life be like with a partial foot prosthesis?
Partial foot amputation
Living with an arm amputation
What happens before and after an arm or hand amputation? What is the rehabilitation process, and what does everyday life with a prosthesis look like?
Before the arm amputation
Information on the topic of arm amputations, including preparation, support and amputation levels.
After the arm amputation
After the arm amputation, your recovery and the healing of the residual limb are the main concerns. You can find tips for oedema therapy, training and residual limb care here.
Arm amputation and rehabilitation
First the residual limb wound has to heal properly. The rehabilitation phase as such begins when this healing process is completed after a few weeks. As a rule, this will take up to six months.
Living with a finger amputation
What happens before and after a finger amputation? What is the rehabilitation process, and what does everyday life with a prosthesis look like?
Finger amputation