inMotion Magazine

September | October 2017 6 Our Mission To reach out to and empower people affected by limb loss to achieve their full potential through education, support and advocacy, and to promote limb loss prevention. Editorial Board Lauren Anderson Erin Deegan Traci Dralle David Dunville Troy Farnsworth, CP, FAAOP Col. Donald Gajewski, MD Lacey Henderson Karen Henry Samuel Johnson, PharmD, MPH Jason T. Kahle, PPO, FAAOP Carol A. Miller, PT, PhD, GCS Ranjit Steiner Staff Jack Richmond President & CEO Karen Lundquist Chief Communication Officer Bill Dupes Editor-in-Chief, inMotion Michelle Wolfe Director of Development inMotion is published six times a year by the Amputee Coalition, 900 E. Hill Avenue, Suite 390, Knoxville, TN 37915‑2568. This project was supported, in part, by grant number 90LL0002‑01‑00, from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy. It is not the intention of the Amputee Coalition to provide specific medical advice but rather to provide readers with information to better understand their health and healthcare issues. The Amputee Coalition does not endorse any specific treatment, technology, company or device. Consumers are urged to consult with their healthcare providers for specific medical advice or before making any purchasing decisions involving their care. No funding from the ACL is used to support Amputee Coalition advocacy efforts. ©2017 by Amputee Coalition; all rights reserved. This magazine may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission of the Amputee Coalition. Harleen Chhabra Gupt is an artist, writer/ blogger, a communications and marketing advisor for a Fortune 5 company and a mother (harleengupt.com ). Drawing from her almost lifelong above-elbow amputee experiences, she is working on children’s books and parenting resources for the limb loss community. Carolyn Cosmos has written for inMotion since 2008. She writes medical and education feature stories for The Washington Diplomat and other outlets and has authored a guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act for hospitals and their patients with hearing loss. Bob Edmonston has been a below-knee amputee since 2012, following a serious motorcycle accident. He worked at The Boston Globe for 31 years as an operations manager. After leaving the publishing business, he took an IT role with a startup that was bought by Google. At Google, he worked in a number of roles as ops manager and customer account manager. Married for 41 years and the father of three great children and grandfather of one granddaughter, he is currently contemplating retirement and working in volunteer roles.. Lacey Henderson is a Paralympian and former Division 1 cheerleader at the University of Denver. She speaks Spanish and French and is an above-knee amputee from a soft tissue cancer. Karen Henry is a freelance writer, editor and content marketing specialist based in Broomfield, Colorado. She specializes in writing for the orthotics, prosthetics and pedorthics professional communities and for the patients they serve. Jason T. Kahle, MSMS, CPO, FAAOP, is a certified licensed clinical prosthetist/orthotist and research scientist. He is an ongoing co-principal investigator of funded prosthetic and amputee clinical and translational research. He is a consultant with the University of South Florida, Prosthetic Design and Research and the Prosthetic and Amputee Rehabilitation and Research (PARR) Foundation. All are located in Tampa, Florida. Email: jason@opsolutions.us . Carolyn McKinzie, LPN, has been a right below-knee amputee since 2001. She is a freelance nurse, writer and part-time amputee care manager for Humana Insurance Company. She is also an amputee nurse consultant, providing education and emotional support to new amputees and their families. She lives in Lisbon, Maine. Leif Nelson, DPT, ATP, CSCS, is the assistant chief for clinical care in the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence. He is a doctor of physical therapy, a certified assistive technology professional, and a certified strength and conditioning professional with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Tony Phillips is the owner and executive director of Kouros Phillips Development, Inc., a consulting firm based in San Diego offering grant writing support for nonprofit organizations and education districts in the U.S. and overseas. Tony is active in a variety of sports and a regular spokesperson for challenged athletes and the amputee community. John Register is an experiential keynote speaker, trainer, coach and Paralympic silver medalist. An above-knee amputee since 1994, he founded the United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Military Program. A publication of the Amputee Coalition inMotion magazine publishes unbiased journalism that seeks to “empower and motivate” living well and thriving with limb loss. The magazine targets amputees and their families and is provided free electronically to all friends of the Amputee Coalition and in hard copy to all subscribers. Each issue covers health, well-being, life issues and advocacy for amputees and their families. Stories showcase amputees living and thriving with limb loss and profile Amputee Coalition programs and services.