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#104 What happens if you get too fat (or slim) for your prosthetic?

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 23/01/202124/01/2021
  • amputation

What a great question – thank you for this one Erica! Today I talk about the life of the limb sleeves and how we deal with weight loss/ gain when relying on a prosthetic leg.

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#103 They are trying to drown me in a sea of form filling!

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 22/01/2021
  • amputation

Just when I thought the stupid damn battles I’m having to get my life back to some type of normal can’t get any worse, someone mails me half a tree in forms and tells me […]

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#102 How to fit a prosthetic leg and how to walk without a limp

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 21/01/2021
  • amputation

This was day 2 of the trial socket fitting. Plus, we started work on trying to fix the wee bad habits and straighten out my walk/ limp. Here’s how I went. When will I will […]

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#101 Leg day mark 2: trial socket testing

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 20/01/2021
  • amputation

After almost a month of having to go back to a wheelchair due to Christmas shut down at the limb centre, I have been waiting for this day with great impatience! Here’s how leg #2 […]

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‘Melanie Ryding – one inspirational lady’ (Challenge Wanaka 2021 Mailshot 20/1/21)

  • by Melanie Ryding
  • Posted on 20/01/202121/01/2021
  • Local events

Thank you Challenge Wanaka and TriNZ for your support going into my first race as a para-athlete, just over 3 months after losing my left leg below the knee. Here is the Challenge Wanaka mail […]

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