Re: fluid in my silicone liner

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Posted by Tim on February 16, 19101 at 23:16:25:

In Reply to: fluid in my silicone liner posted by herb rice on February 16, 19101 at 19:32:16:

Herb,

You need to make sure that you are getting all the way down into the socket. If there is any open space at the end of the socket, it will form a suction on the end of your residual limb. This suction will eventually suck fluids from the limb. I don't know if this is what is happening to you at the moment. You really shouldn't be wearing your leg for 12 hours after only been wearing a prosthesis for four days. You need to slowly build up the time in which you wear a prosthesis. If you wear it for too long too soon or go too hard too soon, you could cause some damage and not be able to wear it at all for a while. Somebody let me know if I am way off on this one.

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Tim

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: Herb, : You need to make sure that you are getting all the way down into the socket. If there is any open space at the end of the socket, it will form a suction on the end of your residual limb. This suction will eventually suck fluids from the limb. I don't know if this is what is happening to you at the moment. You really shouldn't be wearing your leg for 12 hours after only been wearing a prosthesis for four days. You need to slowly build up the time in which you wear a prosthesis. If you wear it for too long too soon or go too hard too soon, you could cause some damage and not be able to wear it at all for a while. Somebody let me know if I am way off on this one. : Comments? : Tim

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