Author: Axel Gonzalez

Imagine waking up one morning and realizing your legs don’t fit you. Not metaphorically, but literally. When your favorite jeans no longer fit, you pick another pair. But for people with lower-limb amputations, this “fit” problem could mean that their day ahead is now ruined. Their prosthetic socket—the rigid shell that connects the limb to its prosthesis—must fit precisely around a residual limb that constantly changes in shape and size.