Naked Prosthetics has completed our first live event hosted through YouTube and LinkedIn: “Ask our Clinicians”. On Wednesday, April 20th, Clinical Team Lead Chris Smith and Clinical Specialist Jensen Blahnik answered questions submitted by live attendees as well as our social media followers in the weeks leading up [...]

There are nearly 45 miles of nerves running through our bodies. The human hand contains about 100,000 nerves, of at least 20 different kinds and each fingertip has about 3,000 nerve receptors, primarily for pressure. Normal sensation in the hand involves: thousands of specialized nerve receptors, communicating on [...]

Jeanie McGarvey came into the world with hand deformities. Her little fingers never fully developed due to bands wrapping around them before she was born. A sharp and inquisitive little girl, she adapted well. Blessed with lots of friends and a seemingly endless supply of energy, she never [...]

“So today marks my year. I was lost trying to navigate my injury… In research I found this group. It changed the direction of my healing. Helped me realize I'm in charge of my recovery… I'm where I am because my choices and help from family like you. [...]

We are approaching the half-way point of the season and the difficulties that come with the weather change continue to affect people’s lives, particularly the amputee community. It is very common for partial hand and finger amputees to experience extreme hypersensitivity and cold intolerance because of the high [...]