Parra eventually purchased a running prosthesis with a grant from the Challenged Athletes Foundation, a nonprofit that supports disabled athletes. But the sticker shock stayed with him. It moved him ...

Advances in biomechanics and prosthetic engineering have significantly transformed our understanding of running in amputee athletes. The integration of running‐specific prostheses (RSPs) has enabled ...

ATLANTA - A metro-Atlanta boy received a big surprise Saturday morning, a new running prosthetic leg. The organization called Challenged Athletes Foundation partnered with prosthetics company Ossur ...

Enabling a child who is physically disabled to participate in a sport they love is the quickest way to restore their damaged self-esteem. For a child who has either lost a leg or who was born without ...

When Joseph Alvarado showed up to a mobility clinic at Rice University, the 15-year-old went in expecting to learn tips on how to maneuver with his prosthetic leg. What he didn’t expect was receiving ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "Three and a half years ago, I actually was in the middle of my medical rotations in medical school, and I started to develop foot pain and eventually was ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - As part of its Running Is A Right program, the Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation hosted a private event for patients of Shriners Children’s living with limb loss on Saturday at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An eleventh grader at an Oxnard high school ...

An 18-year-old Marysville teen, who lost his leg a year and a half ago, was surprised with a running prosthesis during a free mobility & running clinic on Saturday. The prosthetic was given to Xavian ...

A community in Western Massachusetts came together to help one local marathoner walk so he can run — literally. In barely more than 24 hours, Westfield native Kevin Chambers surpassed his original $10 ...