Jacky Hunt-Broersma is an amputee who’s been running for five years—here are her tried-and-true tips.
to deal with, and your foot doesn’t get wet when you run through water. And while some of these things are true, it is, unfortunately, not that easy.
I wasn’t a runner before my amputation, but my husband is a runner; when I was waiting for him at the finish line of a race cheering on runners, I admired them all crossing the finish line—they were totally exhausted, but feeling so proud of their accomplishment. It was at that moment that I decided that I wanted to give running a go, but I never knew how complicated the process would be as an amputee.
Your stump is the part of your leg where the amputation happened, and this will need to be connected to the prosthetic leg. It works like this: The liner slides tightly over your stump, which in turn slides into the socket and the socket is connected to the foot or blade.
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