After a very well attended spring session of Amputee Walking School in March, a large group of participants made the June 18 evening practice session just as successful!
Dankmeyer co-hosted with the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute (UM Rehab) at the UM Rehab Outpatient Therapy Gym on Kernan Avenue. Todd Schaffhauser presented the morning class to professionals and then led the hands-on exercises with evening attendees. This session had six Dankmeyer clinicians on hand to help out: Mark Hopkins, Angie Bryl, Rebecca Frost, Helena Ringer, Rochelle Groves and Resident John Cavallaro. Those with limb loss had a variety of devices between them, with some just starting out, others working on refining their technique with microprocessor components, and we even had someone with their special use prosthesis for running. (See the So EveryBody Can Move news for information on special use prostheses.)
There is a great deal of teamwork and camaraderie on these free evenings, with the clinicians, physical therapists, volunteers and family members all working together to participate in the success of our attendees. This was the second event of 2025. We will have one more event in 2025 with the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute on October 15, 2025.
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We have another SAVE THE DATE for those of you who are interested in an Amputee Walking School event on the Eastern Shore! We will co-host with the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health on October 14, 2025 in Cambridge, MD. As soon as we have registration information for that, we will let you know.
ALL ARE WELCOME! Dankmeyer and the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute are happy to host for any attendee!
You do not have to be affiliated with either organization to participate.
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We hope to see you at our next session!
