What do patients with limb loss actually want from their physical therapist? A research study identified three major themes: therapeutic alliance, specialized limb-loss knowledge, and collaboration with the prosthetist.

More PT students are seeing patients with limb loss during clinical rotations than ever before. The question for the profession is no longer if physical therapists will work with this population. It is whether they will be ready when they do.

A gait issue showed up during lab, and the right people got involved quickly. This is what direct PT and prosthetist collaboration can look like in amputee rehabilitation.

What equipment do you really need in your PT clinic for amputee rehab? Here is my take on the non-negotiable, the best bang for your buck, the overrated piece, and the dream setup.

If I could only keep three interventions from my amputee rehab toolbox, these would probably be the ones. Not because they’re flashy or advanced, but because they solve multiple problems at once and scale well across the rehab process.

The first few sessions with a prosthesis often shape everything that follows. Early habits matter more than most clinicians realize.

Expectations shape outcomes in amputee rehabilitation more than most clinicians realize. The wrong ones, whether too high or too low, can derail recovery before you ever figure out what went wrong.

When does continued therapy help, and when might it create dependence? A clinical dilemma many therapists face when working with individuals with limb loss.

Awareness is a starting point, but awareness alone does not improve access to care, clinical decision making, or outcomes for individuals with limb loss. Real progress in amputee rehabilitation comes from clinicians willing to take action, continue learning, and build the experience needed to improve patient outcomes.

Prosthetic gait can look great for the first few steps and then suddenly fall apart. Fatigue and endurance are often the missing piece clinicians overlook.

Rehabilitation doesn’t follow a script. A reflection on frameworks, certainty, and clinical maturity in amputee rehabilitation.

Are we asking more of our amputee patients than we expect of ourselves? A reflection on discipline, credibility, and clinical leadership.

The pre-prosthetic phase sets the foundation for everything that follows in amputee rehabilitation.

Parallel bars can make patients with amputations appear more ready than they actually are, masking gaps that matter in real-world amputee rehab.

A practical look at how PTs can tell whether a gait deviation comes from the prosthesis, the patient, or both.