Day 1 - Clinical Evaluation

Our approach to an amputees care goes beyond that of providing just a prosthesis. We know that in order to provide you with a gateway to a better life, we first have to learn about you as an individual, your current lifestyle and also the type of lifestyle that you aspire to have.

Your Initial Visit

Upon your visit to Fourroux Prosthetics, you are greeted by a caring staff member to answer any immediate questions that you may have.  If it is your first visit to Fourroux Prosthetics, we take the time to tour our entire facility, meet our staff and meet other amputees that are at our facility.

Clinical Evaluation Begins

Critical time is spent between yourself, your family or support staff and the Fourroux Prosthetics practitioner(s) to evaluate your current situation.  A clinical evaluation begins regarding your prosthetic limb, gathering the necessary information about the fit and function of your current prosthesis and any issues or concerns that you are facing.  

As a group you begin to discuss your prosthetic options.  You discuss prosthetic systems and set-ups, you learn about the wide variety of prosthetic components, products and options that are available to you.  You, along with your Fourroux Prosthetics practitioner, determine the most appropriate prosthesis that will allow you the freedom to accomplish your daily activities.

Prosthetic Socket Design

Within the first couple hours of your visit, the design and fabrication of your prosthetic socket begins.  Through the use of state-of-the-art Computer Aided Design (CAD) equipment, a 3-dimensional image representing the exact shape of your limb is acquired, stored and used to create a diagnostic prosthetic socket customized for you.*  

This initial diagnostic (or temporary) socket is used during a series of fitting and alignment procedures, allowing us to obtain the most optimum fit between you and your new prosthesis.  Once this is achieved, you and your family are encouraged to walk with this newly fitted temporary prosthesis the remainder of that day and evening, and return the following day with your feedback.

* In some instances where CAD cannot be utilized, a more traditional method of acquiring limb shape is used.