Yes You can practice yoga as an amputee This book will show you how. DISCOVER powerful yoga practices to build your balance, strength, confidence and body awareness. LEARN how to adapt your yoga to your individual level of limb loss. REDUCE pain and stress due to limb loss. IGNITE your life with inner and outer transformation. MOTIVATE your amputee clients to better health and well-being in your clinic or rehabilitation hospital.
Yoga offers amputees the flexibility, strength and stamina they are seeking, while also providing emotional, mental and spiritual well-being to help amputees of all levels thrive in life. Featuring step by step poses modeled by fellow amputees, with detailed adaptations for leg and arm amputees, as well as yoga tools specific to amputee challenges, such as yoga for phantom pain, Yoga for Amputees: The Essential Guide to Finding Wholeness After Limb Loss is a comprehensive guide for both amputees and the people who work with them. A must for any amputee wanting to reclaim their health and wellness after limb loss or anyone working in rehabilitation who wants to add yoga to their patient care plan, such as prosthetists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, recreational therapists, kinesiologists and physicians.