The Pals program was wonderful. I realized that Dean is still Dean
and those things were key in my recovery. One of the goals of Pals
is to empower people to be active in the outcome of their recovery,
looking at behavior and seeing how you could change feelings
and just being more in charge of your of your health,
those were powerful parts of cows that really are still resonate today.
Hi, I'm Dr
Steve
Wagoner and on behalf of the entire Pals team,
welcome to the Powells Online program.
When we started to develop the Powells program,
we talked to amputees and their families and we heard
that they were struggling to deal with the physical,
emotional,
social and functional challenges associated with recovery, protist
PTS, physicians and all the other members of the health care team,
get training to do their part.
But what about people with limb loss? How do they get their training?
Pals
line is one way to help you do your part.
We learned from people with limb loss and their families.
What was most helpful to them in their recovery?
Using this information, we built pals.
So in fact, Pals was built by people with limb loss, for people with limb loss.
I had recommended
the Pals program to each and every one of my patients. It has helped me
help my patients
get to the level that they want to achieve.
It is
emotional,
it is practical,
it is real life and it works.
And this is why Powells has become such
an important tool
for me to offer my patient in their best recovery.
The A PT coalition is a leading national
health organization dedicated to ensuring that no,
a PT feels alone
that amputees and their families have the resources that they need to adjust,
recover and live life fully with limb loss or limb.
Different people experience a range of emotional
responses following the amputation of a limb.
For many people.
The psychological and emotional aspects of an amputation
are more difficult than the physical response.
Powells is a self management program that helps
amputees acquire the skills to help them cope
with living with limb moss Polls is a
natural extension of our many programs and services.
It fits in well with our peer visitor program and offers
support groups programming to help them with their monthly meetings.
The Powells Online program is an opportunity for amputees to gain
the tools and knowledge that they need to help themselves.
Polls
is a great tool in your toolbox that you can do
at your leisure. Pals is a program that has been created, tested and works.
It is a program to help yourself and you help others promote
and become
the expert so you can help someone else with the skills,
not just for today but for a lifetime.
Powells has eight interactive lessons in these lessons.
You will see videos anticipate in activities
that will help you
develop the knowledge and skills to improve
your confidence and your quality of life.
We know that people who do programs like pals just do better.
The Pals program is provided free as a program of the amputee coalition,
you may do this program on your own
with a buddy as part of a support group activity or with an online community.
In either case, your privacy is respected,
you can do it at your own schedule
and the privacy of your own home. I would recommend the
program because it's extremely helpful and knowing that
there's other amputees out there who have the
same feelings that you do the same exact
feelings and when you don't feel alone anymore,
it it helps in it aids in your recovery.
So the polls program was just fantastic. Remember,
polls is only the beginning.
It's up to you to put into practice what
you've learned and to seek the support of others.
And if necessary, the help of professionals, if you are someone, you know,
has experienced an amputation and might benefit from some help.
Powells online can make a big difference.
You can learn more by visiting our website or contacting the Amputee coalition.
So why would I say
do pals online?
It's proven to be effective for you to feel better about yourself, to rest, better,
to be more active and to communicate
with your family and with your medical team. All that's just been proven.
So why not be a part of it?