WeThrivePhysio(WTP)
WeThrivePhysio(WTP)
WeThrivePhysio(WTP)
Management for people with amputated limbs from a physiotherapist perspective
35 minutes Posted Aug 9, 2023 at 8:39 am.
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Amputation involves surgically removing part of a person’s body due to multiple factors, might be from a severe debilitating disease, person with tissue necrosis, or involvement in motor vehicle accidents. A person undergoing this surgery may experience life changing complications if post surgery care are not well managed, it can affect a person’s emotional and physical ability to perform daily activities independently. Such case can be accompanied by continuous pain or phantom limb phenomena. Thus we are providing a brief discussion of physiotherapy management on handling amputation cases.