Artificial Limbs Nigeria

There is a lot that needs to be said about the plight of amputees in Nigeria, but most times the basics are left unsaid. How does one become an amputee, if asked this most people will say it comes about by the loss of a limb be it an arm or leg or both through accidents. We tend to overlook the story of how someone came to be without a limb, and what can be done to help such a person live a fulfilled life. We forget that they just went through a painful procedure and are reminded about the trauma of the procedure, every time they look at what they have lost. It was not easy for the individual, some of them come out of it stronger, and some come out of it scarred for life, others….. What is it all about, is there hope for these people. The answer is, yes. One just needs to look at countless cases online of people with disabilities or amputations leading a normal life. You might say but that the US, Britain, China and some other developed countries of the world. Yes true, there things ar...

Having seen the body in motion, a truly unique thing to watch. Smoothly, slick, fluid, lumbering, daunting. A thing of beauty and scorn, that most times we take it for granted. The simply act of movement, the way we walk, the simple raising of one foot before the other. The bend of the knee, the swing of the arm, the bend of the wrist, the bringing down of the next step. All in one fluid choreograph motion, done without a though. The foot our foot. A truly unique creation of our anatomy. Able to support weight, 100 times more than its size and weight. Constantly pounding the ground with each step we make, bending and turning as we lift it to repeat the same process of walking again and again through out the day. Only a slight pressure pain felt at the end of a hard days standing and walking. As we age, the pains begin to increase, as bone rub against bone and muscle rub against muscle. The constant wear and tear begin to take its toll on our body, and the body that great machine of Our...