Below Knee Prosthetics with Custom Covers and Finishings
Start to Finish is the ONLY way to Go!
Fit? Function? Appearance?
It takes a prosthetist and an artist to get all three!
Why are you compromising?
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Maintaining Quality Design Because I make ALL of My Own "Stuff"
All fitting and component selections are individually made to maximize prosthetic outcomes for fit, function and appearance.
Sad but true, appearance is the last thing on your prosthetists mind. And there is a reason. It is really not in his skill sets. He did his job. It was about getting you walking again. And if he did it right, you do, and are comfortable and able to do most of the things you did before your amputation/injury. But that pipe you were walking on needed a lot morethan a foam cover, and you waited for more. At least you can cover it with pants, right?
You don’t need to settle unless you want to. And to be honest, most people do. But I have also found that you can’t treat appearance as an after thought to make it work. And I have also found many patient settle for more than just a loss of appearance. And it amazes me what they accept. I see it in my clinic everyday. And I am glad that you don’t have to be one of them, because Genesis can make something more like what you thought you were going to get. From start to finish. From casting to the final brush stroke.
While many come here for improved appearance, it is routine that improvements on fit and function are achieved as well.
Sad but true, appearance is the last thing on your prosthetists mind. And there is a reason. It is really not in his skill sets. He did his job. It was about getting you walking again. And if he did it right, you do, and are comfortable and able to do most of the things you did before your amputation/injury. But that pipe you were walking on needed a lot morethan a foam cover, and you waited for more. At least you can cover it with pants, right?
You don’t need to settle unless you want to. And to be honest, most people do. But I have also found that you can’t treat appearance as an after thought to make it work. And I have also found many patient settle for more than just a loss of appearance. And it amazes me what they accept. I see it in my clinic everyday. And I am glad that you don’t have to be one of them, because Genesis can make something more like what you thought you were going to get. From start to finish. From casting to the final brush stroke.
While many come here for improved appearance, it is routine that improvements on fit and function are achieved as well.
I don’t refinish other peoples work. Why? Three reasons. First, a prosthesis only finishes well if it has been well planned. With no exceptions, every piece I ever refinished for someone else was poorly planned, which secondly, makes double work for me, and third, puts me in the uncomfortable position of knocking someone else’s work, either directly, or indirectly. It makes for mad patients, and mad prosthetists (at me), who in their own right (and in your prosthetist’s defense) may have done their job correctly and well.
Remember, a prosthetists is trained to get you to walk, not to make your prosthesis look nice. For me its easier for me to finish a leg as part of the whole package, so a cosmetic finish for me can often be a standard step. But there are tiers of service upgrades that may be possible including......
Remember, a prosthetists is trained to get you to walk, not to make your prosthesis look nice. For me its easier for me to finish a leg as part of the whole package, so a cosmetic finish for me can often be a standard step. But there are tiers of service upgrades that may be possible including......
Customized one-of-kind covers that can be created by David Van Auker to work with a below knee prosthesis as part of a total system and not just an after thought. It matters what the qualifications of your prosthestist are to get the best outcome.
Being a prosthetist is not enough. Being an artist is not enough. Being from Hollywood special effects is not enough. It is part of complete patient care, rather than an after thought!
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