Walk Tall - your stories

Odysseas Savopoulos compares losing his leg to a near death experience and feels that he was being asked to use the experience to become a better man. Odysseas Savopoulos - A long time amputee, cycling champion and Paralympic athlete

Here you'll find stories and comments from amputees of all ages and nationalities. "Walk Tall" represents the achievements of people with limb loss, explores the ways in which they have moved on with their lives and the things that continue to inspire them. It also raises some practical issues and questions in an open forum for amputees, their families and friends.

Send your own contribution to Walk Tall

If you have something you'd like to share, a personal story, a recent experience, questions or suggestions for other amputees, no matter how big or small, please email it to webmaster@ossur.com clearly marked "Walk Tall".

Whatever it is we will be pleased to publish appropriate material. Contributions should be no longer than 400 words (we can sometimes link to a longer document) and photos are very welcome - a picture often tells a story far better than words ever could! We reserve the right to edit material as necessary, with the author's consent of course.

20 June 2008 "My lost weekend" In 2001, suffering flu-like symptoms, Paul Houghton was admitted to hospital. Unbeknown to Paul his life was about to change dramatically, in fact he was going to have to fight for life itself. 6 May 2008 Team Ossur member Jeff Skiba the first amputee in history to clear seven feet in the men's high jump A banner week for Paralympians. The 24 year old U.S. Paralympian set a new, unofficial men's high jump world record (men's F44 classification), thus becoming the first amputee in history to clear seven feet at the 2008 Asuza Pacific Invitational in Los Angeles, California. 15 April 2008 Ten year old Brendan Driscoll nominated as “Child of the Year”! Brendan was nominated and honored for his efforts on behalf of CAF and other young amputees. 14 January 2008 Team "Bionic man" raise 7K for Oxfam! News has reached us of the energetic staff from Ossur's Hong Kong distributor 'Proactive, who formed team “Bionic Man” and completed the Hong Kong ‘Oxfam Trailwalker’ challenge. The three experienced prosthetists and one amputee embarked on the 100km MacLehose Trail, raising a fantastic 7,000 US Dollars for Oxfam.

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