Role

What is a prosthetist and an orthotist?

Prosthetists use technology to create and provide protheses to replace limbs to help regain mobility and function.

Orthotists provide support, aids and advice to correct problems or deformities in nerves, bones and muscles.

Prosthetists and Orthotists work to transform the lives of service users to improve their ability to move freely. The aim is to treat service users with limb loss due to a wide range of conditions including diabetes, poor circulation, infection, trauma, cerebral palsy, and malignancies/tumours. They help people of all ages from children to adults and elderly.

Where do prosthetists and orthotists work?

•  Hospitals
• Clinics
• Health centres
• Private companies
• Manufacturing and servicing companies
• Overseas healthcare providers
• Voluntary organisations e.g. the British Red Cross