I'm saving a link of this to my desktop and watching it daily. Although I'm only 4 mths into this new way of life, I feel that my main issue is still socket fit and comfort, my prosthetist is doing a LOT to overcome these teething issues but I feel that without comfort, gait form and progress is seriously limited. Looking forward to reaching the point where I can walk naturally again without rocking and swaying like a drunk penguin. I also feel a natural urge to take long strides but my trainer is constantly telling me to shorten my strides, It honestly doesn't feel natural because I was previously a long strider, I guess.

I’m a recent bilateral amputee and find your tips and advice extremely useful. Thanks so much!

Best tips I’ve received yet. Thanks for the demonstration. Really helps me visualize it.

Thank you Chris. Your advice also helps me. Walking so important in old age. And falls occur. But listening and watching you reminds me. Walking comes from the hips. Best to you in your endeavour to help yourself and others!

Hi Chris! Thank you for the video, I learnt how to walk mainly from your videos and the help I got from Eugene. Thank you for helping to improve my life!

I’m glad I found your channel. I’ve been an AK amputee since 2015. That last 2 year I started developing lower back nerve pain on the side of my amputation. I decided to start focusing on stretching and focusing on my gait to see if that works. This is the beginning of that journey.

thanks Chris good tips I would like to add for me it was getting a flow to the walk I practice walking on the left side of the road concentrate on reducing lifting my left shoulder and trying to march like a soldier, good to practice where I'm going straight and on the flat , on hill concentrate keeping up right not leaning forward

Very useful tips, and just in time as I might be able to take my leg home in the next week or 2. Thank you Chris.

Being extraordinarily ordinary was my goal, still is. I strive everyday to do the best I can with taking care of myself and my legs. Home, yard, self, job. I would not do well just being idle. My journey began at 60 (accident), I exceeded my wildest expectations by, being full time wearer and staying active.

Another good instructional video that gives sound advice and tips on how to improve your gait, confidence and safety as an amputee. Thank you!!!

thanks for the tips!!! i get frustrated but like you said it’s getting a gait you’re comfortable with and practice!! 💜

Thank You these tips are going to help alot.

Hi Chris. Thanks for the videos. I recently got a new foot, Ossur Proflex XC. What an amazing difference to my gait. Feels like I got 2 sound legs now. The importance of good equipment cannot be stressed enough. And as some others said, core muscles!!! Without the core strength it is impossible to get the hips forward and walking properly. I lost my leg as a result of a bike accident, 24 years of suffering finally got me to take the leap and have the nuisance amputated. Would love to get back on a bike again, please do the video asap.

These videos are so helpful thank you

You have helped me a lot see things better. Things do get better

I feel like people really need to see things like this so that they understand that for jeremy renner, he can have a good life without a leg.

Yo, Chris. So good to see you! I’ve been focused on new gear & dialing in a good fit. Great to hear that you, too, are more concerned with awesome ambulate on rather than striving to be super amp. I don’t really crave the adulation of others so much as projecting a positive image in all ways. I never climbed mountains before and I don’t need to climb (prove) now! Our poor world has become a treacherous navigation. The mental challenges are are constant, complex & confusing demanding an open & clear outlook. I am glad that I am an amputee man. This alteration has provided me the powers of focus, patience & perseverance. A stumble is an opportunity. Onward, dear friend. Bo

My physios also beat “core strength and movement” into my head. I’ve learned to feel the lower abs and inner core muscles flex while I step with my prosthetic leg. Feeling like the abs are one big sling, they said. When I’ve been walking a long way, I make sure I’m kicking this in, and it always helps to remember (not quite second nature yet). I like to really exaggerate my amputated side and linger on it to improve my balance and trust in the leg. Also, it’s feels good to swing my arms a bit more and sort of strut. Getting a beat helps even the steps out. Hey, you should run a Gait Competition! You could have contestants send in videos and you could be the judge. If there’s enough, there could be categories: bilateral, unilateral, above knee, below knee, (are there many of us through-knee?). Maybe different terrains? Maybe Footless Jo and OT Amputee could judge with you.

Excellent video. I am a recent bilateral BK amputee and also suffered a stroke which has affected my right side. Prior to this major life changing situation I was fairly fit and active e.g. cycling and walking good distances. I am undergoing intensive rehab with the aim of walking , driving and enjoying an active life outdoors again. These clips of yours are inspirational and I thank you for sharing. I am currently in the early stages of rehab that includes use of BK prosthetics , sit to stand and walking exercise between parallel bars. I have subscribed and will keep watching. Really grateful to you for sharing your experience and tips for improvement. Keep up the excellent work.👍

Hey Chris, I'm Adam a local hermanus guy, I saw the stickers on your Ford ranger 😀 and thought I'd give your channel a look I really like this channel and it's very motivating

Hello Chris! Just checking in on you. Hope all is well with you and the family in regards to the current situation over there. Stay safe brother.

Hi There. Love your channel and your advice and particularly your attitude. Lower left leg amputee since November and have been out of hospital for about one month. Having issues with Prosthetic fit as have had some cuts on residual limb and have had to take breaks from wearing prosthetic. Have had some good days walking without canes. Keep up what you are doing and I will keep on visiting your site

Having trouble on how to get a shower safely. It scares me and I would like ur advice. Thank you ❤

Hi, my name is Levoy. I'm an amputee, below the knee, since 21 May 21. It seems I had an infection on the bottom of my left foot. The doctor believes it started from within due to a fractured bone in the mid-foot or arch area. The condition was gangrene when it broke through the skin at the bottom of my foot. How I got in that state is as I aged and, having over most of my life, relied more on exercise instead of diet to keep my weight in check. I just got too sedentary during covid, and being a large man just got too fat. In the 400-pound range, to be exact. I had other factors in play as well as diabetes, for one, neuropathy and arthritis in a large part of my body, including my lower back. Finally, I had a bum hip that needed fixing. Well, by the time I finally decided I needed medical attention, it was too late. The infection was in the foot and was unstable and had to be removed. Well, I am coming up on my 2nd anniversary of having a prosthetic leg. It has been an adventure having to relearn to walk at 60 years of age, being overweight, having neuropathy, and arthritis relearning to walk. It always seems physical and occupational therapy, for some reason, is never long enough. I walk better well now on somewhat flat, even surfaces. I have not mastered steps or inclines yet. Neuropathy sucks because I have little feeling in my right foot. It is constant tingling. Balance is harder and more complicated, but it is getting better though slower than I would like. I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of younger, more flexible, and in far better shape amputees overcoming this at a far younger age. You start to get 60, and it is harder to have the desire to take the risk I would have 20 or 30 years ago. As the body ages, you get weaker. You end up getting more unsure of yourself. But I am too young to give up. I appreciate your channel. I finally am starting to find folks like me to learn from. It is hard to talk to my friends and family as they don't fully understand. Most of the ones I come across are at the store while shopping or coming in and out of doctor's offices. It is just never the right time to have a good seat down and chat. It is hard because while I feel a part of my friends and family with my disability, I feel as isolated as I did during the Covid lockdown. Well, I shared my story. Forgive my good old American English. I look forward to seeing more clips. Levoy Fayetteville Tennessee USA

Wow that looks amazing.. can you please tell me what type prosthetic 🦿 leg are wearing..

Hi Chris, how's everything? I hope you are well, I haven't seen any new videos in a while.

Good day Chris thank you so much for all the tips and help. I am a new amputee now 5 Months post op still on my test socket and using a Capitital knee. What is best to start walking with your sound leg or your prosthesis side...and if you can maybe do a talk on what foot were you have found best in South Africa that will help with one's gait as well?

Hi,Chris! Since becoming an amputee 3 months ago and while waiting for my prosthesis to be fabricated, I have watched your channel and (I think) all your videos, so far. You are truly an inspirational speaker, I particularly appreciate your calm demeanor. My amputation was due to trauma, and I was devastated. I experienced all those feelings you so well described. At present, my biggest challenge is the possibility of a painful neuroma on the lateral aspect of my residual limb. This was so painful that I failed the first test socket made. I'm much older than you but prior to the accident was in great physical shape. So this setback has brought me back to feeling really low, and afraid of the possibility of another surgical intervention, more delays, while this heal, etc. I'm not coping well with the waiting and sitting around. Any suggestions?

Hi Sir, may i know where do you make your prosthetic leg. This is Kelvin from Singapore. Hope you could share. Thank you so much.

Hi Sir, Good day!! Could you please make a video on how to stand with our prosthetic leg by raising our natural leg and giving body weight on prosthetic leg? This will help me a lot. Thanks in advance!!

Hi how are you? Wondering what type of prosthetic 🦵 leg you are wearing and type of prosthetic food can you please tell me. Thank you.

I see that you dont bring crutches with you on your hikes... I am now trying out the C leg, after getting a brimless socket. . in the morning the vacuum works good if i use my liner..but as the day goes by, the vacuum doesnt work as good as it did earlier..because my leg gets skinnier during the day..What do you do when it happens to you esp if you didnt bring your crutches or wheelchair?

Semoga sehat selalu.Aammiinn.

Hi Chris. Where are you? We want you back! :)

Question about the rheo xc knee: When the knee fully extends out when you walk, does it bang/hit against the top part where it rotates, making a sound? Mine is set to be very fluid and extend out quickly. i wonder if that's just a setting issue because it comes out so quickly. What do you think?

Sir are you above knee amputee or through knee

My tester felt natural but my prosthesist wouldn't let me walk on it. I stood, bent, twisted, and balanced without holding on to anything. Then my actual prosthesis arrived. I can't balance on it. Peeiod. My residual limb is a little over an inch from meeting the bottom of the socket and though my residual limb is more of a football shape, the bottom of the socket is more like a square bowl When i put the foot back it sticks to/drags on the ground and the only way to lift it is to push up on a walker and kind of swing it forward. Basically i am only hopping with my natural leg and walker while trying to manouver what only serves as dead weight on the other leg. My prosthetist said I'd get used to it. I know it doesn't fit right, not in the socket or length. I waited 7 months to get it even though i was healed well in about 5 weeks after the amputation (ak). It is now going on about 8 months and i am becoming more wheelchair bound by the week. Does this sound normal? Also, is it normal that while in a sitting position the prosthetic knee protrudes out about 3 inches further than my natural knee? Thanks for all the vids. You are inspiring.

How the hell did you digi green or chromakey out your GoPro batten?

My right leg been amputated above the knee 2 years still trying to learn how to walk again it isn't easy I keep falling on my back every time knee keep bending on me

Hi guys I am an right leg above knee amputee 5 months in . Things have been progressing nicely I swim and use a stationary bike for half hour each three times a week as well as weights and exercise machines , leg press ab crunch etc, my big problem is as soon as I start my walking my left calf muscle aches like crazy ,,, I have to rest after a few hundred yards . I am not sure if this is a gait related issue or something else? Any advice is greatly appreciated btw when cycling my calf is fine , sincerely jeff

I have a question sir I’m been walking for 2/3weeks now with crutches how do i leave the crutches?