Fitness for Amputees

Features Fitness for Amputees

Your mobile fitness trainer for at home.The Fitness for Amputees App includes a series of easy-to-understand exercises for leg and arm amputees developed by experienced Ottobock physiotherapists.
Up to 6 months after a prosthetic fitting, the app can be your regular companion and provide you with the training you need in this special situation.
All you need for the exercises is a mat, a towel and a ball.
Once you have installed the app on your device, you can also use it offline.The app consists of 3 modules for leg prosthesis wearers and 2 modules for arm prosthesis wearers.The modules for the lower extremity:- Strength & Endurance: For strengthening the upper body muscles and stabilizing the spine.
This is the basis for a natural gait pattern.- Coordination & Balance: To improve coordination and to support secure standing on the prosthesis.
To achieve more comfort and more natural movement sequences.- Stretch & Relaxation: To relax the muscles and for faster regeneration.
With these exercises the flexibility of the muscles can be increased.The modules of the upper extremity:- Shoulder: To strengthen the arm and shoulder girdle muscles.
With the help of these exercises, poor posture and the resulting back and headaches can be avoided.- Torso: To strengthen the abdominal and back muscles.
To improve the balance, resulting in better stability and more safety with handling the prosthesis.To achieve the best results, we recommend you to train 2-3 times a week for 5-11 minutes and changing regularly between the respective modules.
The 3 levels of difficulty (easy / normal / difficult) allow you to adapt the exercises individually to your physical condition.
By changing to a higher difficulty level you can make long-term progress.More functions and advantages:- Exercise selection: Either complete a pre-set training program or create your own individual training program- Music selection: Train to the music available in the app or to your own- Statistics function: Keep track of your progress and get an overview of the number of exercises you have already completed- Reminder function: Let the app remind you of your next training sessionDownload the Fitness for Amputees App now and add it to your daily fitness and rehabilitation program!Novelties- Training for arm amputees through the two modules shoulder and torso