Articles in ‘Amputation’ Category

The Oxford Compensation Protection Team recently ordered a Trexo Dynamic Robot for a client with cerebral palsy, sustained as a result of a birth injury. The Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer is a robot skeleton…

Cathy was 69 years old when, during a routine GP appointment, she was urgently referred to hospital; the doctor noticed that Cathy had developed coldness and discolouration of her left foot, which had no…

Karl Pott was on his way to visit the Blade Motorcycle showroom on his motorbike when another motorcycle collided with him. Louise Hart, a Partner in our Personal Injury team, shares Karl’s story to…

Catastrophic injuries are sadly all too commonplace, often as the result of high-speed road traffic collisions. Injuries are frequently life-changing physical disability, which can often lead to serious mental health difficulties. Ensuring our clients…

The UK has a legal framework to protect disabled people, including an obligation on all employers to remove disadvantages experienced by disabled people in the workplace. While the percentage of disabled people in work…

Relimb is the UK’s first, private, surgical service dedicated to the treatment of patients who have suffered from traumatic injury, including amputation. Here, co-founder Norbert Kang talks us through what’s so special about what…

For this edition of Team Around the Client, I had the opportunity to sit down for a Q&A with Deborah Bent of the Limbless Association, who are leading the way in service-user led, wholistic…

About Rhiannon Rhiannon joined RWK Goodman from Triton Global. She has a LLB (Honours) Law degree and after successfully completing the Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC) she joined the personal injury department at Lyons Davidson…

Compartment syndrome is a painful and potentially serious condition caused by bleeding or swelling within an enclosed bundle of muscles, a muscle compartment, usually in the arms and legs. It occurs when pressure within…

At RWK Goodman we strive to build a team around our clients with the aim of returning their life to its pre-accident position in so far as that is possible. This involves a collaborative…

Technology used in prosthetics doesn’t stand still for long. There are different types of foot and ankle prostheses available for transfemoral and transtibial amputees. Until a ground-breaking powered system came on the scene a…