One morning in late May, Todd Svoboda awakened to a searing pain in his right leg. Nevertheless, the former University of Kentucky men’s basketball folk hero stuck with his plan to attend a ...

Losing a leg due to injury, illness or congenital condition is a devastating experience that has a profound impact on a person’s life, requiring significant physical and emotional adjustment. I know ...

Patients with above-the-knee amputations have been outfitted with prosthetic legs for more than 500 years. But in recent decades, these prostheses have advanced to become in-bone, where the prosthesis ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky WALLINGFORD – Rome Leykin lost his prosthetic leg for the first time Saturday in the ...

The day before undergoing surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to remove a tumor from his right thighbone, 6-year-old Mohammed Al Ali couldn't sit still. He swung his legs, ...

Former professional wrestler Marcus “Buff” Bagwell had a portion of his right leg amputated, the result of injuries sustained in a 2020 car accident and, subsequently, five of the most “miserable” ...

INSPIRING STORY TONIGHT. ALL MY LIFE I’VE BEEN ACTIVE. IT’S PART OF HIS DNA. THIS LAST MONDAY WE RODE 35 MILES AT LEAST 90 MILES A WEEK. BEST WAY TO STAY IN SHAPE. WHAT YOU MAY NOT NOTICE AS THE ...

Thomas Gee, a former gymnast, used to do handstands, perform wheelies on his skateboard, and run around with his three young children. But in 2001, a marble-sized bump on his left leg swelled to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - April is Limb Loss Awareness Month. A first-ever two-part procedure known as osseointegration was piloted at the Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System in San Francisco. The procedure ...

Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...