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Prosthetic Leg Legos: Watch Occupational Therapist Create Faux Limb (Video)
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Jul 02, 2013 04:49 PM EDT
Legos might be one our favorite childhood play things. But just watch this video, where a woman uses them to make a prosthetic leg.
Christina Stephens, who posts weekly to YouTube videos at AmputeeOT, is a St. Louis occupational therapist who had her leg amputated several months ago after her foot was crushed while she was working on her car.
Though the painful accident left Stephens missing her left leg, she's been able to craft a colorful faux limb out of plastic bricks and further documented her success with the process after someone in her lab jokingly suggest that she try it out, according to MSN Now.
"The joke's on you-I went home and did it," she writes, according to the news organization.
Of course, as you watch her construct the pieces and attach it to her leg, it may look a bit silly. In fact, it might even look a bit extreme. But, in all honesty, as Stephens points out, "Sometimes, you just need to be silly."
What do you think?
Want to see the video of Stephens piecing her leg together? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
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First Posted: Jul 02, 2013 04:49 PM EDT
Legos might be one our favorite childhood play things. But just watch this video, where a woman uses them to make a prosthetic leg.
Christina Stephens, who posts weekly to YouTube videos at AmputeeOT, is a St. Louis occupational therapist who had her leg amputated several months ago after her foot was crushed while she was working on her car.
Though the painful accident left Stephens missing her left leg, she's been able to craft a colorful faux limb out of plastic bricks and further documented her success with the process after someone in her lab jokingly suggest that she try it out, according to MSN Now.
"The joke's on you-I went home and did it," she writes, according to the news organization.
Of course, as you watch her construct the pieces and attach it to her leg, it may look a bit silly. In fact, it might even look a bit extreme. But, in all honesty, as Stephens points out, "Sometimes, you just need to be silly."
What do you think?
Want to see the video of Stephens piecing her leg together? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone