"As a bilateral above knee amputee, arm strength, core strength, and the ability to lift your body weight with your arms are essential to help with transferring back into a chair after walking with your #stubby prostheses. Since your body is much lower to the ground, the seat of the chair is much higher than your butt, so you have to be able to use your arms and core muscles to elevate yourself back into the chair. Here we are using 2 aerobic steps to push up from. We could not use push up block

Kim, an above-knee amputee, effortlessly showcases her smooth gait and outstanding prosthetic control 🦾✨ #strength #prostheticknee #amputeelife | A Step Ahead Prosthetics