or too tall. Well what if we lost one of our disproportionate feet? Or maybe both? Our hands? A leg? People have been facing this problem for an extremely long time. Losing limbs in battles‚ accidents or just birth defects. This tale is nearly as old as time itself. Once these people lose a part of themselves they need to adequately function in life‚ they try to find a substitute. Sure their hand or leg may be gone‚ but their wits are not. Thus came about the creation of prosthetic limbs. (The following
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to be looked at when beginning boxing is stance and footwork. The dominant hand and leg should be at the back with legs spread apart just further than shoulder width diagonally. The boxer should always be the balls of their feet to aid with dodging and faster movements. This is why boxers skip all the time to get faster and more balance on the balls of the feet. Weight should be evenly distributed between both legs with a slight bend in the knees. Elbows down and gloves up protected the face but making
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shenanigans started‚ I got up and started bouncing and jumping as high as I can once i started to feel I couldn’t jump no higher I quickly flipped. Once I landed I instantly felt a sharp pain in my leg causing me to collapse. As I realized what was going on I let out a loud painful yell " MY LEG‚ MY LEG‚ I BROKE MY LEG!!!" not knowing it was only a knee dislocation. The neighbors heard it all the way up the street which is pretty far because up the street is basically up the steepest hill you
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to ruin. In this story a young atheist woman is destroyed when she is brought face-to-face with the evil personification of her worldview. The story’s tragic "heroine" is Joy Hopewell‚ a well-educated‚ thirty-two year old woman with an artificial leg. She has earned a doctorate in philosophy‚ and her speech is refined and precise. She has a heart condition that forces her to live at home with her mother. Despite her name‚ Joy is ironically described as large‚ hulking‚ bitter‚ and angry.
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their position steady. This is the only way a dancer can stay balanced in the arabesque (when the position of the body is supported on one leg as the other leg is extended behind the body). To ensure that the net force of gravity sums up to zero‚ a dancer must offset the weight of his/her back leg by leaning over with the upper body just enough distance. Since the leg has less mass‚ it must be stretched farter away from the center of gravity as the heavier torso bends forward a smaller distance so the
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by blood flow‚ 115.63 mmHg‚ was slightly lower than the systolic pressure measured by Korotkoff‚ 116.5 mmHg. The systolic pressure in the upper arm was 115.63 mmHg. The systolic pressure in the forearm was 110.78 mmHg. The systolic pressure in the leg when standing and lying down was 150.31 mmHg and 105.22 mmHg‚ respectively. The venous pressure was 19.12 mmHg. As seen in Graph 1‚ as cuff pressure increases‚ so does arm
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night; no mucus or blood tinged; coughs • Fatigue: no fatigue • Skin ever turn bluish or ashen in color? (Cyanosis or Pallor): denies facial skin turn blue or ashen • Swelling in your ankles or feet (edema): no swelling of feet and legs • Ever awaken at night to urinate? How many times? (nocturia): no nocturia indicated • Past health problems with your heart? No past history of hypertension‚ obesity‚ diabetes or signs of coronary artery disease • Personal habits (cardiac
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SEAT AND UMBRELLA 2.0 Abstract Some people use walking stick to assist them when walking because their leg is not strong enough to support their body weight or they’ve injured their leg. They will feel tired easily when walking with the assistance of walking stick due to the need of synchronization between their hand which hold the stick and their legs. Therefore‚ they will need to sit down and rest before they continue walking. The problem arises when they are in the middle
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usually develop in the lower leg‚ thigh‚ or pelvis‚ but can also occur in the arms. DVT can cause pain and swelling and can lead to complications such as a pulmonary embolism‚ however DVT is preventable and if diagnosed early treatable. How DVT forms (leg vein) Veins pass through the deep tissues of the legs; there are superficial veins located just below the surface of the skin and deep veins which run between muscles. These veins transport blood from the legs and feet back up to the heart
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would have growing up. She had “dolls that did pee pee/ and miniature GE stoves” and “wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy.” She never viewed herself as anything other then a normal girl until a classmate told her she had “a great big nose and fat legs.” The writer never tells us if these taunts are backed up by anything truthful‚ and I can only assume the child is teasing her for something that does not exist as most children do during the years of puberty. In the next stanza‚ Piercy begins to
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