Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in prosthetic ...

When Derek from Indiana first noticed problems with his toes, he followed his doctor’s advice without question – amputation. Diabetes, they told him, was the culprit. One by one, his toes were ...

When Tracey White started feeling pain in her right foot after a half marathon in the spring of 2021, she thought it was just normal soreness from the race. But the ailments kept escalating. In May ...

Rogelio Jacinto had five days until doctors planned to amputate his leg. It was an emotionally wrenching end to five months of unsuccessful visits to specialists to treat a diabetic foot ulcer. The 72 ...

After losing a limb, it's important to work with a team of amputation rehabilitation specialists to prepare for the road ahead. Here are some tips to get you started. Be sure to build your team of ...

Diabetes-related amputations have reversed a decade-long trend and are now on the rise, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). ADA’s Amputation Prevention Alliance reports that 154,000 ...