Originally Posted by
jods
Hi Everyone
I'm Jody Cundy, from Great Britain. Below Knee Amputee RHS. 5 time Paralympic Gold medalist in swimming and cycling, current World Champion and World record holder in the 1km TT (1:05.029) and Flying 200m (10.803)
I also ride on a pretty cool looking custom cycling prosthesis, made by Ossur.
I have always been curious about these "custom" devices I see athletes like yourself using. Was this something you paid for yourself, or did you score some manner of "sponsorship" and gifted the device?
To further the question, how do you go about finding a specialist within the prosthetic field outside of Olympic training?
My current prothesist, actually the entire company will work with me to modify or adjust my device to be more cycling friendly but asking about having a specific device made resulted in another "walking" leg to be modified. I was passed along some information to some Olympic coaches and trainers who work with athletes like yourself as a specialty, but obviously if you aren't involved in the Olympics they don't have time or pass advice.
Sorry for the long post, I would love to take it to PM with you if you are so inclined after you get your post count up.
Thx