Prosthetic foot for children. The story of: Fréderique

"𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘨𝘺𝘮"

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐫é𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞.

Fréderique is an energetic child.

She enjoys playing outside with her friends, doing stunts on her “stunt scooter”, and shining on stage during dance performances.

At the age of five, Fréderique underwent a limb-salvage surgery due to bone cancer. Playing and running fast was out of the question for a while. A period of rehabilitation started.

Feeling limited.

Moving around with her prosthetic leg did not always go well. She was limited by her prosthetic foot, and she was frustrated by that. From being the fastest in class, she became the slowest, and in tag she was always the first to be tapped out.

New goals.

But Fréderique didn't give up and set new goals:

- No longer be tapped out first during tag.

- No longer being picked last in gym class.

Two years later, everything changed. Fréderique's mother saw the new developments of Gyromotics at the tech festival Museon-Omniversum in The Hague and suggested that Fréderique test the first prototype.

What was said, was done: last year, Fréderique got the first chance to try the latest prototype. In cooperation with De Hoogstraat Orthopedietechniek, the prosthesis was fitted. The first test period began.

The following week the new prosthesis immediately accompanied her on vacation. Without difficulty Fréderique reached the top of the mountain. And of course she took the adventurous route back down. (read: climbing and crawling over rocks, loose stones and into trees).

Once home, the prosthesis also went everywhere with her: to school, during gym, outdoor play, winter sports vacation and the skate park!

Now, more than a year later, Fréderique is running around energetically again. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭. Last month, she tested the latest version with the latest technological advances.

Thanks to this new prosthetic foot, she is faster, stronger and more confident than ever before.

Her new goal: become a fashion model!

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦."

-Fréderique's mom -

#prosthesis #children #play #innovation #limitless #staytuned👀

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