Align Rehabilitation

11/10/2025

🎾 Tennis ball rolling… we love it for working on single leg balance and control of the residual limb inside the socket, but it can get very annoying when the tennis ball wants to run away from you! Try replacing the ball with a foam roll or similarly shaped cylinder (i.e soup can) to permit better control in the forward-backward direction!

11/06/2025

It’s that time of year again when students get to learn from the one and only and about osseointegration using the OPRA implant by !

This lecture, Susan taught the students about the BondedMatrix, the biological barrier formed after healing, that makes OPRA stand apart from conventional socket-based prosthetics and rival implant systems.

I love that my students can learn from such a wonderful duo!! THANK YOU BOTH!!!

10/22/2025

“I can’t wait to have a river in front of you”

Working on obstacle negotiation with the Intuy Knee by . Hoping to hit the trails soon (where the river crossing idea came from) and navigate all the rocky terrain, tree roots, etc!

10/16/2025

Could not believe my eyes after seeing this car modification for a power wheelchair user! How incredible!!!! .mobility

10/13/2025

“I can’t” and “I don’t feel confident because I haven’t tried it before” are 2 very different things in my book!

10/09/2025

Make your calendars! On Saturday, December 6th, Every BODY Can Move (SEBCM) is hosting the 1st Mid-Atlantic Mobility Day at the University of Maryland, College Park. This FREE, 1-day event celebrates the 1-year anniversary of Maryland’s new law expanding insurance coverage for activity-specific prosthetic devices.

At Real Life Prosthetics, we’re proud to support our patients in attending. If you’d like to participate, call us today at (410) 569-0606 so we can coordinate our practitioners to go with you. Let’s move, celebrate, and inspire together!

10/09/2025

Had some special visitors in the clinic today for a one-time PT assessment focused on gait and prosthetic function!

We were able to identify key areas to work on and set him up with a home program. The plan is for me to now collaborate with his local physical therapist to keep progress moving forward.

This is the second time in the past month I’ve had patients travel nearly 3 hours for an extended session or “boot camp” series of visits. I know access to amputee rehab specialists can be limited, so I’m grateful we can make these arrangements to help bridge that gap and keep people moving toward their goals. 🦾🦿

09/22/2025

Don’t let anything stop you from building your dream home! I love getting progress updates on this project!!

07/16/2025

Day 1! Stay tuned!

Today marked a huge milestone for Tom! He received his transfemoral osseointegrated prosthesis and took his first steps since his surgery last Fall 🦿

This is just the start of his rehabilitation, and we’re confident he’ll do well! Tom is motivated to return to all the things he did before surgery, now with the added mobility and freedom that osseointegration provides.

Thanks to the integrated prosthetic rehabilitation model developed over the past three years by Real Life Prosthetics and Align Rehabilitation, Tom has a dedicated team behind him every step of the way! We’re all proud to be part of his journey!

07/16/2025

MIT researchers developed a new type of bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional prosthesis.

07/15/2025