The goal is to inspire all amputees to an active everyday life with a prosthesis

Tor Aalberg rides so often so much. Here he is on a bike ride in Orkanger in Trondheim. Photo: Pivat.   – Attending training classes and conversations with amputees is extra rewarding when I meet them again in activity with a new prosthesis. By Marte Nordahl Tor Aalberg from Trondheim has worked as a peer […]

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Looking for participants for a study on the treatment of amputation pain

The Department of Pain Management at Oslo University Hospital is looking for participants in a study with the aim of investigating the mechanisms underlying post-amputation pain with the use of spinal anesthesia. The study will also investigate treatment with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) of the brain can reduce these post-amputation pains. rTMS stimulation is administered […]

National meeting 2021

Peer support coordinator Mark Miller spreads important messages

Mark Miller is happy to share his positive experiences with new amputees and prosthesis users. He also works as a peer support person with the goal of disseminating useful information, and realizing for the user that it is entirely possible to live a full and active life after an amputation. He slaloms with his grandchildren […]

Inspiring and encouraging peer work

Photo: Marte Nordahl – Peer work is about inspiring and encouraging people to master life in the best possible way. As a graduate student in Scotland in 1986, Nils-Odd and his student friends were to celebrate that their first exam was over. As he got out of the taxi on his way to meet the […]