I’m really looking forward to getting together with friends this weekend. On Saturday, a group from Westcoast Brace & Limb is participating in the “I Will Inspire” 5K or 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk/Wheel. Team Westcoast is a mixture of people at all athletic abilities: we … MORE
Abby Wold is a 31 year old student at the University of South Florida in Tampa. In 2003, she survived Meningococcal Meningitis complicated by multiple organ failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and Waterhouse-Frederichsen syndrome. She was on life support with a grim prognosis and in a … MORE
This is a video that ran on Fox 13′s segment, What’s Right With Tampa Bay, about our amputee peer visitor program.
Finding hope after loss of limbs: MyFoxTAMPABAY.com
Immediately following the 25th IAA meeting in Sarasota, the Advanced Osseointegrated Facial Implant Course with Craniofacial Prosthetic and Surgical Hands-On Training took place on March 26-28 at Westcoast Brace & Limb Tampa, FL.
Westcoast Brace & Limb recently hosted a course on advances in facial prostheses taught by world renowned researchers and practitioners. The International Anaplastology Association (IAA) held the Advanced Osseointegrated Facial Implant Course at Westcoast in late March.
Various Westcoast Brace & Limb patients share the experiences dealing with limb loss and encouraging others as they undergo the same experience.
Champion fishermen, amputee, and Westcoast Brace & Limb prosthetic patient Chuck Statham shares his limb loss story and success.
Orthotic insoles, which are inserts for your shoes, can help relieve chronic aches and pains of the foot and heels due to flat feet (or fallen arches), heel spurs and plantar fasciitis (inflammation of the tissue under the foot due to overstretching), and even hip and knee pain.
Bilateral below knee amputee and Westcoast Brace & Limb patient Abby Wold talks about the importance of amputee peer support. Abby is a patient advocate and often visits new amputees in the hospital to provide enouragement. This peer support service is provided through Westcoast Brace & Limb’s organization, Amputees Together of Florida, Inc.
Bilateral below knee amputee and Westcoast Brace & Limb patient Abby Wold gives support to young Haitian earthquake amputees.
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