Advances in biomechanics and prosthetic engineering have significantly transformed our understanding of running in amputee athletes. The integration of running‐specific prostheses (RSPs) has enabled ...

"It’s a horrible thing," the man's uncle said. "I mean, who steals a prosthetic leg?" Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — On a rainy day in Mississippi when he was just 16 years old, Richard Browne's life changed forever. He was jumping out of the rain into the front doorway of a laundromat when his ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of a young man battling bone cancer is hoping someone will come across his stolen prosthetic leg. Doctors diagnosed Atticus Root with cancer at the age of 13. The next year ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Getting your car broken into is bad enough, but it's even worse when it's on your birthday. That's what happened to a San Francisco man who is training to join the U.S. Paralympic ...

GO. WE CONTINUE OUR BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE WITH OUR ISABEL MARICH, WHO’S JOINING US LIVE NOW IN GEORGIA WITH THE LATEST ON A DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING. DESTINY. JUST SUCH A DEVASTATING DAY HERE YESTERDAY ...

Amputees have to "qualify" for a better class of prosthetics. With the help of her local YMCA, this Montco mom hopes to build ...

Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...

Ross Holland discovered a unique way to wear his prosthetic legs by turning the feet backward. "It's so much more comfortable. It's so much easier," said Holland, a 34-year-old who lives in Gettysburg ...