Artificial Limbs Nigeria

Artificial limbs have been a great help, for amputees and people with various disabilities of the limb. But there is a general misunderstand, of how to pick the right artificial limb for an amputee. Most people think it’s a one off solution, they fail to understand that this is a new tool, that one has to learn to work with. Some experts have said that it is better for an amputee, to see and imagine the benefits of the artificial limb before its fitted. He or her has to understand that for the tool to become efficient and effective, the user has to learn and train to use it. There are other factors to consider before using a prosthetic such as Mobility and Comfort. These two factors tend to be constantly ignored, when purchasing and fitting artificial limbs for patients Nigeria. The question of whether he/she is comfortable with the new limb. The question of what type of mobility does the patient require. These two must be first considered. Does the patient want something for slow move...

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...

What the hustle and bustle of Lagos life. The need to be in a hurry and always on the go. The constant rush hour traffic, the danfo drives and other communters, seem to be hell bent on driving you crazy. When you finally can't take the stress no more, where do you go to solve relieve depression, stress and strain of the daily life in this town. If only we had psychiatrist like the had in the Us. It will surprise you that we do. In Nigeria, the profession is over a hundred years old. The first asylum was established in the southern city of Calabar in 1904. Shortly after (in 1907), the Yaba Asylum was established in Lagos. These asylums were run by medical officers, as there were no psychiatrists. They provided essentially emergency and custodial interventions. In 1954 the Aro Mental Hospital, was opened in Abeokuta by the British colonial government. This was in response, to the need for improved mental health care. It also provided an opportunity for the country’s first indigenous ...

How does it feel to be an Amputee. How does it feel to loose the use of an arm,leg or both. How does it feel to see others do the thing you want so badly to do. We leave home and call a bike to take us to our destination without a safety gear or harness. Our faith, that God is with us and nothing will happen. We enter a bus to get home from work, the bus driver is driving like a complete manic with a mission to get to his bus stops on time. We smile inwardly and enjoy his bravado and insult those who get in the way of his drivng, we fear nothing. Why should we fear when God is with us nothing will happen. We drive out for a night on the town, and do the thing that makes that nation great and crazy. We drink to stupor and get behind the wheel, performing daring moves and flooring the gas on port hole riddled roads while being cheered by our friends in the back sit. Why worry, god is with us. Life does not end because we lose an arm or a leg or both.Life does not end because we were born...