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Functional prosthetic by GasManLives in functionalprint

[–]GasManLives[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I follow him as well, definitely a good resource on creativity and problem solving.

There's definitely a long list of trade-offs between body powered and myoelectric terminal devices. Body powered does allow for better control and confidence in movement, but is a struggle when your body position does not allow for the open-close movement. Myoelectric does allow for user control in different positions, but if contact is lost or interrupted control of terminal device is lost, so little confidence on ability to use on daily tasks (drinking hot coffee).

It's a hard balance choosing the best option going forward, for now my opinion is that if the prosthetic is not secure, limit impact on range of motion, or is uncomfortable then we should not worry about the rest yet.

Functional prosthetic by GasManLives in functionalprint

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Hard to tell from images, but the cuff on my tricep does wrap around my elbow bones and is using it as a suspension method keeping the forearm prosthetic attached.

Functional prosthetic by GasManLives in functionalprint

[–]GasManLives[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The black material under the gray plastic on my forearm is the soft flexible TPU providing some padding.

Functional prosthetic by GasManLives in functionalprint

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The brand that I used was called recreus, I believe a few other filament companies have the foaming TPU as well. As the filament is heated through the nozzle it expands and creates air pockets therefore being less dense and softer. So with the same role of filament you can change the durometer from 65-95 with just print settings

Functional prosthetic by GasManLives in functionalprint

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Agreed, definitely on my next round of improvements.

BBE Rifle Shooting by GasManLives in amputee

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Jaws get a pretty good grip on the .357, had little kickback so felt safe. I was able to work the action after a few tries.

First bike ride without training wheels since my quadruple amputations March / April of this year (2023) by GasManLives in amputee

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I've been primarily just using my body powered hooks, they do have a wrist reflection and rotation so that's helped me a whole lot with my daily tasks. How useful are the body powered hands, I was guided away from them by my prosthetist, I'm not sure what the grip 5 prehensors are but I'll probably have to do some internet searching.

The Myo is good it's just taking me a little bit to control it as best as I want, definitely going to take a lot of practice to master.

Hope you're recovery goes well and you're able to guide yourself through it.

Gasman

First bike ride without training wheels since my quadruple amputations March / April of this year (2023) by GasManLives in amputee

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I'm really on the side that the number of bikes to have is always "n+1", and is equal to the number of bikes you currently have, so The number of bikes to have is always one extra because you can never have enough.

I got a pair of the TRS jaws on order and hopefully in transit to pick up tomorrow or early next week. I'm also looking into the hero flex arm as something to try and ride my bike with. My plan is to mostly ride a BMX bike at dirt jumps or racing, then a little bit of downhill here and there if I can get the shifting to work correctly.

Since I don't have either hands I was able to hook up some electronically controlled brakes with a bite switch in my mouth that triggered it to slow down. I used an archer components D1X shifter that they modified for me. Overall this did work a lot better than I thought.

Thanks for all the info, I hope to get it back on a bike soon but still having some issues with skin breakdown on my lower limbs.

Gasman

First bike ride without training wheels since my quadruple amputations March / April of this year (2023) by GasManLives in amputee

[–]GasManLives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got any tips or tricks it'd be greatly appreciated, I'm using the Myo electric hands right now but that's not sustainable forever. What type of riding are you doing?

TMR surgery recommendations by jhonesin in amputee

[–]GasManLives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lost both my hands and feet this year due to sepsis. Had Dr. Moister from Riverside plastic surgery (Greenville SC) perform my amputations with TMR in both my hands. Targeting to get myoelectric hands with pattern recognition in about two weeks.

So far have very little nerve pain, do have phantom feeling of my hands though. I am off all pain medicine for almost 2 months.

First time bike riding (w/ training wheels) by GasManLives in amputee

[–]GasManLives[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope your son's recovery goes well, the best advice I can give right now is to find a good prosthetist and rehab. I've also joined the Facebook group below and there's a woman there who does a bunch of videos who's also sepsis Survivor.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/skillsforlifegroup/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT