malemotives
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- Sep 20, 2013
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- Location
- Puyallup, WA., Spring Hill, FL
- Handicap
- GHIN 17.4
One of the biggest obstacles I constantly work to overcome is a left leg war injury. My left left is 2 inches shorter than my right, due to lost section of bone in mt thigh, and I have a drop foot cause by nerve damage from gunshot wounds, which basically means I can't voluntarily flex my left ankle. Most times I wear a leg brace to correct that function, attached to a built up shoe to compensate for the shortage. There is a huge difference in my swing when I wear the brace and when I don't.
Sometimes while playing golf, I remove the brace, to allow for more movement of my lower leg without getting bound up by the brace. If I am not real careful the brace could easily break my leg or damage my knee, depending on the amount of exertion caused by my swing and follow through.
Today I met with my Veterans Administration PT and OT advisers and my prosthetic's counselor, and they have arranged for an appointment with a prosthetic company to make me a substitute "Sports friendly" with an eye to my golf swing, brace made of pliable material that will fit into a specially made golf shoe built up to compensate for leg shortage and still do it's job. I start the process this week and it's all pretty exciting. It's another positive example of how the V.A. focuses on veteran's needs, in spite of the occasional bad publicity.
Sometimes while playing golf, I remove the brace, to allow for more movement of my lower leg without getting bound up by the brace. If I am not real careful the brace could easily break my leg or damage my knee, depending on the amount of exertion caused by my swing and follow through.
Today I met with my Veterans Administration PT and OT advisers and my prosthetic's counselor, and they have arranged for an appointment with a prosthetic company to make me a substitute "Sports friendly" with an eye to my golf swing, brace made of pliable material that will fit into a specially made golf shoe built up to compensate for leg shortage and still do it's job. I start the process this week and it's all pretty exciting. It's another positive example of how the V.A. focuses on veteran's needs, in spite of the occasional bad publicity.
