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MY FIRST HIKE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY + THE EXOSYM

April 19, 2017 by Katy Fetters 1 Comment

I have been traveling in South America since January 2nd, 2017 with my boyfriend who was crazy enough to think up this adventure. He had already driven thousands of miles through Mexico and Central America by the time I joined, so he knew most of what we were in for luckily, for me. In his … [Read more…]

Posted in: ExoSym Tagged: ACTIVE, AFO, BECOMING BIONIC, BIONIC, BLOG, BODY, BRACE, CARBON FIBER, CERE, CEREBRAL PALSY, CEREBRAL PALSY AWARENESS, CONGENITAL CONDITIONS, CP, CPSTRONG, DISABILITY, EXERCISE, EXOSYM, EXOSYMPLYAMAZING, FITNESS, ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS

EXOSYM: WHY YOU SHOULD CARE IF YOU HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY: Part III

April 4, 2017 by Katy Fetters Leave a Comment

Phase Three: Becoming Bionic Days four and five of my first week in the device were kind of a blur in the sense that my dad had left to go back to work and I was left to decipher all of this on my own. I began to worry about the idea of taking on … [Read more…]

Posted in: ExoSym Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ACTIVE, AFO, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ARTICLE, BECOMING BIONIC, BIONIC, BLOG, BRACE, CARBON FIBER, CEREBRAL PALSY, CEREBRAL PALSY AWARENESS, COMMUNITY, CONGENITAL CONDITIONS, CP, CPSTRONG, DISABILITY, EXERCISE, EXOSYMPLYAMAZING, FITNESS, HANGER CLINIC, IDEO, PROSTHETIC

EXOSYM: WHY YOU SHOULD CARE IF YOU HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY: Part II

March 22, 2017 by Katy Fetters Leave a Comment

Becoming Bionic: Phase Two For the initial month or so, I would have to consider how long it would take me to run errands because every step had to be strategic and better than the last. this way of walking was completely foreign and strange. all of the sudden— my left leg could keep up … [Read more…]

Posted in: ExoSym Tagged: ACTIVE, AFO, BODY, BRACE, CARBON FIBER, CEREBRAL PALSY, CEREBRAL PALSY AWARENESS, CP, CPSTRONG, DISABILITY, EXERCISE, EXOSYM, EXOSYMPLYAMAZING, FITNESS, HANGER CLINIC, ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS, TEENCEREBRALPALSY, TEENCP

EXOSYM: WHY YOU SHOULD CARE IF YOU HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY

March 4, 2017 by Katy Fetters Leave a Comment

“The carbon-fiber ExoSym brace(s) consist of a plate customized to the shape of the foot and two struts leading up the back of the calf, connecting to a support holster below the knee. As you step down, the brace redirects weight and energy away from the joints and stores it in the carbon fiber, kind … [Read more…]

Posted in: ExoSym Tagged: ARTICLE, BECOMING BIONIC, BIONIC, CARBON FIBER, CEREBRAL PALSY, CEREBRAL PALSY AWARENESS, CHAS MCCARTY, CONGENITAL CONDITIONS, CP, DISABILITY, EXOSYM, EXOSYMPLYAMAZING, HANGER CLINIC, IDEO, MENS JOURNAL, ORTHOTIC, PROSTHETIC, RYAN BLANCK, THE STORY OF MY LEG

FAREWELL, TEENCP (I AM READY TO LET YOU GO)

February 25, 2017 by Katy Fetters 1 Comment

Friends, readers, and passers by… For those of you who don’t know, my name is Katy Fetters and I created a blog back in 2009 called www.teencerebralpalsy.com. I was 17 at the time and in great need of an outlet to talk about what life is like with a physical disability. I wanted to find … [Read more…]

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