Here I am doing my first session of (bone loading) the next day after surgery. This type of rehab is started as soon as possible in order to rebuild bone density in the leg that received the implant. I haven’t put any weight on my right femur in over 14 years because i have been using the standard socket that all amputees use to walk. The typical socket squeezes the limb from the sides and doesn’t put pressure on the femur causing the bone to lose density and weaken over time.Here I am leaning some of my body weight onto a scale in order to incrementally add weight to the bone. I started at 25lbs of pressure and the goal was to add 5 lbs a day for 15 min, 3 times each day. Surprisingly I barely felt the pressure, but I was also on pain meds at the time. This is the pad attachment that i used for the bone loading. It connects to the end of the implant using an allen key.
The Bionic Civilian 