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Dennis G. Personifies the Can-Do Expression, "Attitude Is Everything!": Dennis, 57, is a below-knee and below-elbow amputee, but you would never know it from the life he leads - sportsman, a Professional Geologist, and having a passion for taking things apart and putting them back together again.

Back On The Road Again: Cycle accident doesn't curb amputee's need to feel the wind.

Keeping Up With Sandy P.: Sandy P. has a daily schedule that would wear many people out just hearing about it. She's a full-time teaching assistant in the Scotia-Glenville Central School District, an after-school tutor, and a certified personal trainer at Precise Fitness and Training. In her "free" time, she's an avid hiker, biker and gardener. Oh yes, she also is an above-knee amputee at mid-thigh, but that doesn't slow her down a bit.

Sampson's Patient First in Capital Region to Have TMR Surgery: On December 11, 2010, John C.'s life changed forever when the vehicle he was driving crashed on the New York State Thruway. Trauma included the loss of his arm, broken ribs, and neck and back injuries. "The last thing I remember was a coughing fit and the helicopter ride to Albany Medical Center. I didn't even know I lost my arm until three days later," he recalled.

Sampson's Expertise Puts Erica Back on Two Feet with Unique Socket Design: Bill Sampson, CP, has been elevated to "prosthetic god" status, at least according to amputee Erica K. who used those words, albeit chuckling, to describe how good she felt after being fit with the Marlo Anatomical Socket, better known as MAS.

Amputation doesn't keep Jason K. from his passion of bronc busting: Take one determined cowboy, one bucking horse, a judge's score that counts points for the horse's bucking action and the rider's technical expertise, and you have the makings of classic rodeo saddle bronc riding.

Sampson's Patient Fit with New Hydraulic Hip Joint System: Bernice D. has been a hip disarticulation amputee for most of her life after having lost her leg to an osteosarcoma bone tumor when she was 16 years old. She has never let her degree of amputation slow her down - she has a successful career and enjoys golf, kayaking, and swimming. However, Bernice recently found a higher degree of mobility and comfort with the Helix3D Hip Joint System from Otto Bock.

From Wooden Legs and Leather Straps to Vacuum Suspension: In the not too distant past, before carbon fiber, CAD/CAM design, computerized knees, energy-storing feet, and other high-tech innovations, prosthetic components were wood, leather, or metal with straps and belts for suspension, designs that had changed little since the Civil War. However, since the late 1970s, methods, materials, and technology have moved componentry to state-of-the-art, with no end in sight.