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Mark your clalendar! Meeting Dates
12/16/09
All of our Amputee Support Group meetings are held in the Patient
Dining Room on the 4Th floor at Waccamaw Community Hospital.For more info contact: Kay Price, LMSW at 843-652-1395 or Alex Lyons, CPO at 845-347-5800
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| Lyons Links: Issue 12
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December 2009
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Greetings!
It's that time of year again....
Happy Holidays from all of us
at Lyons P&O!
Lyons P&O's mission is caring for all your prosthetic and orthotic needs! If there is anything we can do to make your O&P experience even better, don't hesitate to let us know!
Please feel free to let us know your thoughts and opinions on our newsletter and please, feel free to forward it on to anyone you think might like to receive it.
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Cybernetic Fingers
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Think about it...
What if you could wire up your nervous system to a robotic hand so
well that it actually felt like your own? Would you be a real-life
cyborg or Six Million Dollar Man? Yup. It's not only the future of prosthetic limbs. It's the present. It was done last year.
Doctors in Rome's Campus Bio-Medico university hospital did the
experiment in 2008 with a post-accident amputee called Pierpaolo
Petruzziello but didn't reveal the amazing results until Wednesday. The
experiment lasted a month, and during the tests Pierpaolo wasn't
actually wearing the robot hand--it remained desk-bound, but was
connected to his body by electrodes implanted in his arm.... READ MORE
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Stork Amputee
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A stork in the German state of Saxony had
the bad luck to break his leg, resulting in an amputation. Now, though,
Dietmar is being nursed back to health with the help of a prosthesis.
Being a stork is hard work. Not only do you have to collect enough
frogs and other delicacies to keep you going during the day, but you
also have to fly to Africa and back once a year -- and deliver babies
to new parents the world over. What's a bird to do if it gets injured?
Dietmar, a stork in the German state of Saxony, was confronted recently
with exactly this problem. In August, Dietmar arrived in a bird reserve
located between Dresden and Leipzig suffering from a broken leg. The
sanctuary staff did everything they could to help Dietmar, but in the
end the limb had to be amputated. However it has now been replaced with
a carbon prosthesis.
Regular Physical Therapy
Andrea Kirsten, who works at the preserve, speculated in the tabloid Bild
that Dietmar may have flown into a high tension wire. The artificial
leg, which was funded by donations, cost over €1,000 ($1,500) and is
protected from mud and dirt with a baby sock....read more
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The mission of Lyons Prosthetics & Orthotics is to promote the
well-being of individuals with amputations, orthopedic injuries, and
disabilities in the Horry County Community. We provide accessible,
quality O&P care, utilizing state of the art designed artificial
limbs and braces. We are committed to quality and emphasize trust,
respect, confidentiality, and compassion in a collaborative effort with
the overall greater health care community.If there is anything I can do, please don't hesitate to contact me at 843-347-5800.
Sincerely,
Alexander Lyons, CPO
Lyons Prosthetics & Orthotics
(843) 347-5800
PS - How about some real Cajun pralines?
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Did you know? Lyons does knee braces!
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