Postoperative / Rehabilitation Phase Rigid dressing / immediate post-operative prosthesis (IPOP): Reduces edema, accelerates rehabilitation timeline Stump shaping: Elastic bandaging, prosthetic shrinkers (HCPCS L8440/L8460) essential for preparing residual limb for prosthetic fitting Physical therapy: Strengthening, balance, gait training essential prior to and following prosthetic fitting Occupational therapy: Upper limb amputees ADL retraining, prosthetic use training Pain management: Multi-modal opioids (acute), gabapentin/pregabalin/duloxetine (neuropathic/phantom), mirror therapy, TENS, nerve blocks Wound care: Serial dressing changes, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for complex wounds, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) for ischemic or infected stumps Prosthetic Rehabilitation Prosthetic fitting: Initiated when residual limb volume stable (typically 48 weeks post-amputation for vascular
To help, meal-prep healthy meals and keep nutritious, filling foods and snacks on hand like hard-boiled eggs, vegetable stews, and chicken curries
It does not directly "burn" fat like exercise does, but the lower calorie intake leads to weight loss over time
Read the ingredient labels and mineral amounts rather than relying on marketing claims
This dual mechanism, eating less while burning more, accounts for the superior weight loss outcomes observed in clinical trials
