Patient Education


Jan

26

2015

Learning to Walk with a Prosthetic Leg

The goal of rehabilitation training with your physiotherapist is to help you attain the largest possible degree of mobility and independence from your prosthetic leg, so that you don’t need much help in your everyday...


Nov

10

2014

What is Foot Drop?

The Orthotists at the Ledbrook Clinic are specialists in foot drop treatment and management. The condition, which causes reduced mobility, can be a result of a traumatic local or central nervous system injury, a degenerative...


Nov

10

2014

Post-Operative Problems After Amputation

The development of edema is a problem that is frequently underestimated in the post-operative fitting of the prosthesis.  This develops on account of the fact that lymph liquid, which was previously carried out via the...


May

02

2014

Diabetic Foot Complications

At the Ledbrook Clinic we are always trying to educate our patients and raise awareness about diabetes foot complications. Simple education has been proven to significantly reduce the incidence of ulcer or foot and leg...



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