inMotion Magazine

September | October 2019 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 Mary Richards President & CEO Tim Winslett Director of Information and Process Quality Bill Dupes Editor-in-Chief, inMotion 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 90LLRC0001-01-00, 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. ©2019 by Amputee Coalition; all rights reserved. This magazine may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission of the Amputee Coalition. Yvonne Batson is an above-knee amputee due to neurofibromatosis. She lives with her husband in Fairfield, Maine. Yvonne enjoys boogie boarding in Wells, listening to her son play trumpet, and spending time with her daughter, husband and new beautiful granddaughter. Marsha Therese Danzig, MEd, C-IAYT, RYT 500, is a leg amputee, founder of Y4A: Yoga for Amputees®, and author of Yoga for Amputees : The Essential Guide to Finding Wholeness After Limb Loss . She has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 30 years and is a pioneer in the field of yoga for amputees. For more information, visit: yogaforamputees.com . Email: yoga4amputees@gmail.com . Frederick Downs, Jr. is a decorated Vietnam veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1969. Severely wounded in combat, he lost his left arm above the elbow. He was decorated with the Silver Star, Bronze Star with “V” device for Valor, the Vietnam Gold Cross of Gallantry, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and four Purple Hearts. He retired from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) as the senior executive service (SES) chief procurement and logistics officer for the VHA Procurement and Logistics Program. He had also served for 30 years as the national director of the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service. He currently serves as the prosthetic consultant to the Paralyzed Veterans of America Veteran Service Organization. Nikki Grace-Strader is a happily married mom to 11-year-old twin boys, spinal cord injury survivor, occasional OI blogger (wherethesidewalkmends.com ) and passionate believer in amputee awareness, education and an enthusiastic peer support advocate. Lauren Harback is a right above-knee amputee due to sarcoma. She is a wife, mom and nurse who is looking forward to making a positive impact on her community by raising awareness about the limb loss community as well as sarcoma. She wants to work up to running a marathon. She enjoys going to the movies with her husband, playing with her daughter, and snuggling with her dog Banjo. She can be reached at luster.m.lauren@gmail.com . 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. Email: tphillips@kourosphillips.org. Billie J. Randolph, PT, PhD (Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired), serves in VA’s Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services Office as the deputy director of the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, a joint effort between the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, promoting excellence in the care and research of traumatic extremity injuries and amputations. Dr. Solon Rosenblatt began practicing orthopedic surgery in 1998. He has worked as an orthopedic surgeon with Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, University of California San Francisco as well as with the U.S. Army as commander of a Forward Surgical Team. He became very interested in osseointegration due to a patient’s insistence that there had to be a better technology than the traditional socket. He traveled to Sydney, Australia for 18 months to learn about osseointegration from Dr. Munjed Al Muderis of the Osseointegration Group of Australia. Mary Beth Skylis is a freelance writer based outside of Detroit, Michigan. She specializes in pieces where unlikely characters defy seemingly insurmountable odds. Email: mbskylis@gmail.com Kendra Walker works with the Range of Motion Project (ROMP), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to providing prosthetic care for those without access. She is a writer, public relations and marketing professional, and is a reporter for the Crested Butte News . She is an avid rock climber, skier and overall outdoor adventure enthusiast. She is grateful that her mobility allows her to interact so closely with the outdoors and she is passionate about helping those with disabilities experience the same. 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.