TAA 053: Meet Desirée Vila Bargiela, Paralympic athlete Today with me in the interview is Desirée Vila Bargiela. Desirée lost her leg after a training as an acrobatic gymnast. After her recovery, she started a new career and is now an accomplished Paralympic athlete. To learn more about Desirée, visit her Instagram profile , on TikTok , or on LinkedIn . To watch the Youtube Live Show to celebrate the first anniversary of Ottobock's Genium X4, click here . For more information, visit The Active A...
Jun 14, 2025•32 min•Season 1Ep. 53
TAA 052: Meet Sydney Marshburn, your special host for Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month Here is your special Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month episode by Sydney Marshburn from The United States of America. Sydney is a sepsis survivor, an above knee amputee, a disability rights activist, a ClickMedical mentor and peer support visitor, and a potential participant for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. To learn more about Sydney, visit her Instagram profile , on Linke...
Mar 31, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 52
TAA 051: Meet Larry Borowsky from Amplitude Magazine This month's guest is Larry Borowsky, the editor in chief of Amplitude Magazine, a lifestyle publication for people with limb loss and limb differences. To learn more about Amplitude, visit the Amplitude homepage or follow them on Instagram . Additional people, organisations, and other resources mentioned during the podcast: ---still needs to be done--- For more information, visit The Active Amputee . The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronic...
Mar 14, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 51
TAA 050: Christmas special: Shopping guide: Ten great gift for those living with limb loss Christmas is just around the corner. Less than three weeks (by the time of recording), to be precise. If you haven’t done so, it is high time to think about presents for your loved ones. To make things easier, here are ten great ideas for your amputee friends and family members. Ranging from little ideas for a few bucks to big monster presents that blow a similarly big monster hole into your budget. We are...
Dec 14, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 50
For more information, visit The Active Amputee . The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza To learn more about The Active Amputee, check out the following links The Active Amputee Blog The Active Amputee on Instagram The Active Amputee on YouTube The Active Amputee on Twitter The Active Amputee o...
Sep 14, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 49
TAA 048: Meet Christofferr Lindhe, Triple-Amputee, Inventor, Entrepreneur, and Paralympian This month's guest is Christoffer Lindhe from Lindhe Xtend. Christoffer lost both legs and one arm in a horrible train accident. But with his can-do attitude and a positive mindset he embraced his new life, developed his own prosthetic feet and other devices, became an accomplished Paralympian, and entrepreneur. To learn more about Christoffer, follow him on Instagram . Organisations mentioned during the p...
Jun 14, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 48
TAA 047: Meet Chris Rains, talking about sports as a key element in his rehabilitation, being a peer mentor, and a ROMP climbing team member This month's guest is Chris Rains, who lost one of his legs during a horrible car crash. Chris and I talk about the role sports played in his recovery, the organisations that allowed him to try out various outdoor activities, and his participation in one of the Range of Motion Project's climbs to raise funds and awareness for others people affected by limb ...
Feb 14, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 47
TAA 046: Five take-aways from the January Walking Challenge Learning from my January Walking Challenge. The idea was simple. I walked each and every day during the month of January. I started gently with one kilometre on January 1st. Two kilometre on January 2nd. Three on January 3rd and so on. You get the idea. I did this until the middle of the month. January 16th was the pivoting point with a whopping sixteen kilometres. And then I slowly decreased the daily dose of walking. One kilometre at ...
Jan 20, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 46
TAA 045: Join me for the January Walking Challenge Here is my end of the year call to action. Join me for the January Walking Challenge. The idea is simple. We walk each and every day during the month of January. We start gently with one kilometre on January 1st. Two kilometre on January 2nd. Three on January 3rd and so on. You get the idea. We do this until the middle of the month. January 16th is the pivoting point with a whopping sixteen kilometres. And then we slowly decrease the daily dose ...
Dec 14, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 45
TAA 044: Staying safe outdoors in winter - despite an amputation So, today is November 15th. And that means it's less than two weeks until the beginning of Advent on the one hand and the official start of winter on the other (at least meteorologically, if not yet in terms of the calendar). Winter is - in my eyes - a great time. I enjoy it every year anew: The long evenings, the cozy hours at home, and the quality time with family and friends. And as you all know, I'm also someone who likes to sp...
Nov 14, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 44
TAA 043: Meet Peter Franzel, Head of Events & Exhibitions at Ottobock Today's guest is Peter Franzel, who can look back at a decade and a half of being involved in the Ottobock's technical support services for para-sport events. If you want to learn more about Ottobock's support for big sport events or if you want to find out where the next running clinic takes place and how to get involved, please check out the Ottobock homepage . Additional information can be found on a variate of social m...
Oct 14, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 43
TAA 042: Meet Sydney Marshburn, Events & Outreach Manager for ROMP Today's guest is Sydney Marshburn, an above-knee amputee from the US. Sydney is passionate about advocating for people with disabilities, she openly shares her story with the world through social media, and is a mentor to those facing chronic illness/limb loss. She is an events and outreach manager for the Range of Motion Project, an adjustability mentor for Click Medical, and an ambassador for Lindhextend. Sydney dreams of r...
Sep 14, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 42
TAA 041: Meet Jennifer Howland, the VP Marketing, Sales and Product at Click Medical I had the chance to catch up with the Click Medical team during its visit to Germany. So I used the opportunity to talk with Jen about the importance of adjustability in general and about the approach Click Medical has taken to enable people affected by limb loss and limb differences to live an active and exciting life style. Learn more about Joe, Click Medical, and devices to adjust a socket, please visit the C...
Mar 14, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 41
TAA 040: Meet Jimmy Capra, co-founder and CEO of Click Medical I had the chance to catch up with the Click Medical team during its visit to Germany. So I used the opportunity to talk with Jimmy about the importance of adjustability in general and about three exciting new products more specifically. Learn more about Joe, Click Medical, and devices to adjust a socket, please visit the Click Medical homepage . You can also take this quiz to find out if RevoFit® is right for you. For more information...
Feb 14, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 40
TAA 039: Meet Kyle Stepp, para triathlete, community organizer, and activist We kick off 2023 with an interview with Kyle Stepp. Kyle is a para-athlete, a community organizer, and disability rights activist. In today's show, he talks about dedicating your life to using your pain for a bigger purpose and turning a privilege into a responsibility to give back. Learn more about Kyle and his initiatives, please visit him on Instagram . ------------ For more information, visit The Active Amputee . Th...
Jan 14, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 39
TAA 038: Meet Joe Mahon, the founder of Click Medical Today I have Joe Mahon on the show. Joe is an experienced prosthetist, the co-founder of Click Medical, and the inventor of Click Medical’s RevoFit® dial that allows prosthetic users to adjust their sockets on the go. Learn more about Joe, Click Medical, and devices to adjust a socket, please visit the Click Medical homepage . You can also take this quiz to find out if RevoFit® is right for you. ------------ For more information, visit The Act...
Sep 14, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 38
TAA 037: Phantom pain after limb loss Phantom pain is unfortunately something that many amputees know well and experience more or less regularly. And that's why I want to deal a little bit more with this phenomenon today. In this article, you will find a first overview of theories about the development of phantom limb pain on the one hand and various treatment approaches on the other hand. If you want to delve deeper into the matter, you can find some links to further articles in the text below....
Aug 14, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 37
TAA 036: Meet Jodie St. Clair from Learners and Makers Today I chat with Jodie from Learners and Makers. Jodie and her family are juszt about to start their next big adventure: A journey that will take them all around the globe. And as always, Jodie and her family combine their passion for travel with homeschool, and more into their everyday adventures of lifelong learning and joyful making. Learn more about Learners and Makers... ...on the Learners and Makers blog . ...on Instagram . on Youtube...
Jul 14, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 36
TAA 035: What's in my amputee emergency repair kit? I love traveling. Full stop. And while the last two years weren't much in terms of spending time away from the safety and comfort of my home, I used to travel a lot. Often in far flung places, off the beaten track, and far away from any prosthetist. As I never take crutches on oversee trips (and hardly on any of the trips around Europe) my prosthesis is the key to my mobility. If it fails, I am stuffed. So I like to be prepared for a range of s...
Jun 14, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 35
TAA 034: Hiking up East Timor's highest mountain to raise funds for people with disabilities Combining my passion for the outdoors with a good cause. My work often brings me to countries in the tropics. Sometimes just for a few weeks. Sometimes for years. And while a high-tech knee is a great plus when it comes to being active and mobile, they soon hit their limits when water, sand, mud and rice paddies are involved. A simple backup option is needed. And often this can be done locally. As it was...
May 14, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 34
TAA 033: Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month Special - Did you know that... April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. In its eleventh year, this month is a fixed feature in our calendars. A month to celebrate the limb loss and limb difference community, tell the world more about us, further work towards real inclusion and increased participation, and be proud of how far we have come. As Amplitude Magazin put it nicely last year: "When the Amputee Coalition organized the f...
Apr 30, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 33
TAA 032: Meet Nate Denofre, a double amputee who canoed the length of the Mississippi Nate is a double amputee from Michigan. In 2020, just when the Covid19 pandemic put an end to many adventures all around the globe he canoed the length of the Mississippi River, source to sea. "You cannot prepare for such a trip. o you learn while you are already on the water!" Listen to his story, learn more about his support work for veterans and other amputees, and see why Nate thinks the only disability is ...
Apr 14, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 32
TAA 031: Meet Lasse Madsen from the sports tech startup Levitate Today I talk with Lasse W. Madsen, the CEO and Co-founder of the sports tech startup Levitate. Lasse is an amputated runner himself and his mission is to give people with disabilities simple access to affordable sports equipment they need to live an active life. His company Levitate produces running blades that amputees can install themselves. To learn more about Levitate, check out the homepage and follow Lasse on Instagram . ----...
Mar 14, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 31
TAA 030: Lifehacks for a good fit of your socket Most amputees know that the key to an active lifestyle is a well-fitting socket. Most amputees also know that the process to get a well-fitting socket can be long, tedious, and often frustrating. And to make things even more complicated, even if you manage to bring this process to a successful end - read: If you have a socket that feels good, is comfortable to wear all day long while being snug enough to be active and use the leg in all kinds of s...
Feb 14, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 30
TAA 029: Meet Enock Glidden: Developing a can-do attitude and achieving your goals Today I am talking with the always amazing Enock Glidden. Born with Spina Bifida, Enock is no one to shy away from a challenge. This lead him to climb big wall mountains volunteer as an ambassador for Paradox Sports, and make outdoor activities more accessible through his collaboration with Maine Trail Finder. Watch bis video on YouTube . Visit the Maine Trail Finder . Visit Paradox Sports . Learn more about Enock...
Jan 14, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 29
For more information, visit The Active Amputee . The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza To learn more about The Active Amputee, check out the following links The Active Amputee Blog The Active Amputee on Instagram The Active Amputee on YouTube The Active Amputee on Twitter The Active Amputee o...
Dec 14, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 28
TAA 027: Hiking in the Himalayas After a week in Kathmandu, mostly in meetings and with little to no exercise, I decided to use my day off to walk up to Shivapuri Peak, a few kilometers north of Nepal’s capital. With 2,725 meters the peak offers amazing views over the Kathmandu valley and - if you are lucky and you have a clear day - over the Langtang mountains, a range of 6,000 and 7,000 meters peaks towards the Tibetan border. but even if the Langtang range is covered in clouds, the walk throu...
Nov 14, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 27
TAA 026: Four seasons - four regions - four hikes as an amputee Here is an update on a project of mine that has been in the making for long. Far too long actually, if you ask me. I am talking about this year's walking project. A project I have been playing around with for some time. A project I have been changing over and over again until it finally felt right. A project that might take up to two years to complete. As many of you know, I love walking. Just love it. Full stop. For me walking is t...
Oct 15, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 26
TAA 025: Review of the 3R80 from OttoBock Looking through my analytics from the blog I noticed that a review I did of OttoBock's 3R80 some time back still attracts loads of interest from the audience. So I thought I re-publish this article as a podcast, make it easier to find, and thus bring it back to people's attention. For more information, visit The Active Amputee . The music - as always - is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Com...
Sep 14, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 25
TAA 024: Meet Josephine Bridges, the chair and trustee of Positive Bones Josephine just completed the three peaks challenge - that is summitting the three highest peaks in England, Wales, and Scotland - to raise money for her charity Positive Bones. She tells us about this adventure, the motivation that drove her to set up her own charity, and other issues of the wider limb difference community. To learn more about the organization, check out the Positive Bones homepage . For more information, v...
Aug 14, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 24
