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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 228095" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p>Well here's my opinion on that. I don't see how he could do anything that anyone would benefit from unless he is EXTREMELY knowledgable about prosthetic legs. The portion that is supposed to take place of the ankle isn't just a fixed joint, it has several adjustable components for different firmness/stability preferences of the patient that are not made of carbon fiber. Then there are points between the "leg" part and the stump Socket that are metal adjustment brackets that allows for alignment settings which will be different for each individual. Then you have to make a socket that the patient is able to support his full body weight with, without any pain whatsoever....I'm not sure how knowledgable you are about prosthetics, but this is one helluva time consuming task...lots of trial and error. The doctors only know what you tell them...they ask where it hurts or is uncomfortable and you have to describe what sort of issue you're having with it....which is sometimes REALLY difficult to do when the nerve endings in what's left of your leg are so messed up that you can poke one side of it and it make nerves on the other side fire off. I mean I just don't see much he could do, just being that he works with carbon fiber. </p><p></p><p>And I'm on my 2nd one (pin lock system), which costs a little less than the first one (which was a vacuum style leg) , but overall the first one ran about $30k. But that includes ALL aspects of prosthetic parts, long term supplies, and their office visits/tech support, etc....so I'm not really sure what the actual leg ended up costing.</p><p></p><p>Here are some pictures of my personal leg. The leg/foot portion is a Willowwood Fusion, which is catagorized as a "highly active" leg...and of course it has a urethane foot shell around it to fill up a shoe.</p><p></p><p>With all my sportbike race stickers on it lol</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-ncRZvqJY#" target="_blank">Sickest prosthetic leg design EVERRR! A7X Deathbat</a></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii54/snorkeledrubicon/funny%20pics/wwfusion-receiver720.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a link to info about the Willowwood Fusion foot.</p><p><a href="http://www.willowwoodco.com/products-and-services/feet/high-activity/fusion" target="_blank">http://www.willowwoodco.com/products-and-services/feet/high-activity/fusion</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And yes!!! Fourroux has an unprecidented staff. Looking forward to a long time relationship with all the good people that work there...I'll need em until the day I die lol. Now that's job security huh? hahaha.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 228095, member: 1780"] Well here's my opinion on that. I don't see how he could do anything that anyone would benefit from unless he is EXTREMELY knowledgable about prosthetic legs. The portion that is supposed to take place of the ankle isn't just a fixed joint, it has several adjustable components for different firmness/stability preferences of the patient that are not made of carbon fiber. Then there are points between the "leg" part and the stump Socket that are metal adjustment brackets that allows for alignment settings which will be different for each individual. Then you have to make a socket that the patient is able to support his full body weight with, without any pain whatsoever....I'm not sure how knowledgable you are about prosthetics, but this is one helluva time consuming task...lots of trial and error. The doctors only know what you tell them...they ask where it hurts or is uncomfortable and you have to describe what sort of issue you're having with it....which is sometimes REALLY difficult to do when the nerve endings in what's left of your leg are so messed up that you can poke one side of it and it make nerves on the other side fire off. I mean I just don't see much he could do, just being that he works with carbon fiber. And I'm on my 2nd one (pin lock system), which costs a little less than the first one (which was a vacuum style leg) , but overall the first one ran about $30k. But that includes ALL aspects of prosthetic parts, long term supplies, and their office visits/tech support, etc....so I'm not really sure what the actual leg ended up costing. Here are some pictures of my personal leg. The leg/foot portion is a Willowwood Fusion, which is catagorized as a "highly active" leg...and of course it has a urethane foot shell around it to fill up a shoe. With all my sportbike race stickers on it lol [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-ncRZvqJY#]Sickest prosthetic leg design EVERRR! A7X Deathbat[/url] [IMG]http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii54/snorkeledrubicon/funny%20pics/wwfusion-receiver720.jpg[/IMG] This is a link to info about the Willowwood Fusion foot. [url=http://www.willowwoodco.com/products-and-services/feet/high-activity/fusion]http://www.willowwoodco.com/products-and-services/feet/high-activity/fusion[/url] And yes!!! Fourroux has an unprecidented staff. Looking forward to a long time relationship with all the good people that work there...I'll need em until the day I die lol. Now that's job security huh? hahaha. [/QUOTE]
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