'I snapped my ankle after 20ft fall – now I'm begging doctors to chop off my leg'

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES A nurse whose ankle was left shattered her after a fall at an indoor climbing centre says she ...
Cornwall Live

Nurse who shattered ankle in freak climbing fall begs doctors to amputate foot

Farrah Clay, 34, was an experienced climber who regularly took part in indoor bouldering - but she's now desperate to have her leg amputated after a fall ...
GEN

AI Uncovers Gut Signature Tied to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

CRPS typically develops in a limb after injury or surgery and can lead to long-term disability. It causes severe, persistent pain that is often far worse than the initial injury, along with swelling ...
USA Today

This chronic pain condition almost only affects women. Most never get treated.

Amber Meade expected her foot to heal without complications. She rolled her ankle while pushing a shopping cart, but for six weeks, she continued working on her feet at a hospital in Jacksonville, ...
La Grande Observer

Losing a leg, gaining a life: Four amputation surgeries on Ruth Frieboes’ right leg failed, but the fifth, she says, ‘gave me my life back’

NORTH POWDER — When a doctor first mentioned the possibility of amputating Ruth Frieboes’ right leg just above the knee, Frieboes thought he was talking about lunch meat. Frieboes, who has lived in ...
Fast Company

Amputations and iron hands: How modern surgery came about

The human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts to myoelectric feet. What makes this possible is not just complicated technology and delicate surgical procedures. It’s ...