Patient & Physician Interviews
Prosthetic & Orthotic Specialists

Our Patients and Physician Partners Share Their Thoughts

Throughout the 40-plus years that we’ve been helping people believe in their possibilities, we’ve been privileged to work with countless great patients and medical professionals. Recently, we started capturing some of them on video so that you could learn from and take comfort in the personal experiences they share when it comes to prosthetics, orthotics and Virginia Prosthetics. Click the links below to hear their stories.

Kaki Allen, patient
"I really don’t know of anything that I can’t do now. At the beginning, I didn’t think I could do anything. Just the simplest acts seemed like an impossible mission to me."

Carey Griffin, patient
"It’s a very difficult process to go through. I lost my arm and you think to yourself mentally the entire time, “How can I function in life? How can I go on with life?” It’s just a mental process you’re going through. Virginia Prosthetics works with you. They talk with you. They help you troubleshoot yourself. Just keep in the back of your mind that you can do whatever you did before."
Charlie Coulter, patient
"Take inspiration from other amputees who have already paved the way and let your prosthetist keep you up to date on the constantly improving industry. The new leg I have is just great. I feel like I’m walking on a foot again. Most people can’t tell I even have a prosthesis."
Grant Dawyot, patient
"Just keep your head up. It’s not the end of the world. It’s what you make of it."

Jesse T. Davidson, III, M.D., FACS, board certified vascular surgeon at Jefferson Surgical Clinic,
Roanoke, Va.
“Many of the patients I see have become very debilitated due to the problems they have with their extremities. Virginia Prosthetics  provides the materials and the support that are needed to rehabilitate these patients and relieve their pain.

John W. Mann, M.D., a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon at Roanoke Orthopedic Center, Roanoke, Va.
“I think one of the greatest challenges a new amputee will face is coming to terms that they need an amputation.”

Mark Hagy, M.D., orthopaedist with subspecialty training in foot, ankle and knee surgery, Virginia Orthopaedic, Salem, Va.
“Virginia Prosthetics has helped me help patients.”