Matt Bulow’s Story:
I am an amputee, a diabetic and a cancer survivor. These challenges have changed how I live my life, but they do not define my life. They are merely obstacles that every day I must overcome … Read more →

Rocky Teal landed on his feet when he fell off a 36-foot ladder. The impact of the fall collapsed his ankle joint, broke his back and did other damage. Doctors worked for years to strengthen and stabilize his ankle … Read more →

On April 27, 1998 Tony Dyer was helping a friend build a barn when the scaffolding failed, and he fell approximately 18 feet and completely crushed his foot.  For the next four years, he was on and off crutches … Read more →

April Nyreen has always had a love for music. She grew up in a large family from Anchorage, Alaska, where she lives today. Growing up, Nyreen was given the opportunity to develop her musical abilities when she began playing … Read more →

An amputee since he was a toddler when a house fire left his legs severely burned, Gary Gresham grew up with prosthetic legs. Over the years, he dealt with several different prosthetic providers, but a move to Nashville in … Read more →

“It was traumatic at age 14 to find out I was going to have my left leg amputated,” said Gigi Wright, who was struck unexpectedly with a rare form of bone cancer called osteogenic sarcoma in her left knee. … Read more →

Amanda Heller is just like every other preteen girl. She likes art and go-karts and is getting ready to try out for the softball team at her school. The only difference, she was born without a foot or ankle … Read more →

Diagnosed with diabetes since 1987, Jim Harris is no stranger to illness. In 2001, kidney failure caused him to be put on dialysis. So in 2005 when he went to the hospital for a lesion on his right toe … Read more →

In 2006, Marga Arkell developed blood clots in her veins and was diagnosed as a diabetic.  After six surgeries to clean out the veins, the doctors told her they’d eventually have to cut off her toes. That same year … Read more →

Ryan Nicholson can’t clearly remember the electrical shock that changed the rest of his life. The Clarksville, Tenn., Department of Electricity electrical lineman was doing what he had done a thousand times before, restoring power to storm victims. Unfortunately … Read more →

When Ann Daniels got a blister on her toe, she thought nothing of it. As a floral designer for weddings and special events, she was used to being on her feet for hours at a time. Diabetes was never … Read more →

“I call him my miracle man because he does magic,” said Vicki Lynn Boteler of Matt Bulow. Boteler became a below-the-knee amputee after a horse accident in 1997. Prior to her accident, Vicki taught aerobics, was a surgical nurse, … Read more →

Scott Putney has spent half of his life with a prosthesis. When he was younger, he had an accident on his motorcycle fracturing one of his legs and severing his other leg at impact. After several months of being … Read more →

Jerry Currey is a man on the go. Some of his more adventurous activities include snow skiing and whitewater rafting. The Vietnam War veteran doesn’t shy away from trying new things, despite losing both his sight and his right … Read more →

Branson’s road to becoming an amputee was a long one. It began in 1968 when scrap metal pierced both legs while fighting in the Vietnam War causing scar tissue in his arteries. Shortly after, his feet were soaked with … Read more →

Christopher Payne joined the U.S. Army in 1999. Payne spent six years stationed in various locations, including Fort Stewart in Georgia and Fort Campbell in Tennessee, as well as one year in Korea and another in Iraq. On his … Read more →

“I’ve been on a very long journey, and I know that I am blessed that I survived,” said Gina York. In 1986, York was nearly killed in a motorcycle accident that crushed her left thigh, pelvis, severely injured her … Read more →

Juanita Naranjo, now 76, has been a below-the-knee amputee since she was a preteen. She fractured her leg when she was a preschooler. Doctors tried bone grafts, braces and other treatments, but the leg never developed. When she was … Read more →

Nashville media featured Frank Wall on December 22, 2010. He received a new prosthesis with funding from the Mending Limbs Organization. They came out to video Frank receiving his new prosthesis and to help spread the awareness of what … Read more →

“This didn’t happen from being a 22-year veteran of the Army, it came from a terrible habit of smoking cigarettes.” This is how Louis Spencer answered the inevitable question as to how he lost his leg. 

The retired dispatcher/911 … Read more →

Jim Clendening had been in the Navy for a little more than a year when he was involved in the accident that would cost him his leg. He was on his way to transfer from a training squadron back … Read more →

In the summer of 2007, Jane Walling was on her way to visit the Grand Canyon with her family when tragedy struck. She was involved in a severe automobile accident that would be the ultimate cause of the loss … Read more →

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Update: Daniel Luckett was featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered on July 13, 2010.  Listen to the story here.

“I’m lucky that my injury is not so severe as to limit my functionality so I can … Read more →

“It’s like anything else – you adjust to it, and get better. I can take my limb off as fast you can take your shoe off. When Matt built the leg for me a few weeks ago in his new office – he just built a masterpiece. I walk great – like you wouldn’t believe.”

“I have never thought of myself as handicapped,” he added. “I have never owned a wheelchair and I never intend to own one.”

“He won’t make me a peg-leg so I can go to New Orleans during Mardi Gras and Halloween and be a pirate.”

“I hunt, fish, ride my motorcycle. I am just very active,” said Peacock. He continues to enjoy those activities, using different prostheses to fit the activity.

“For anyone facing this challenge, having a world-class athlete like Matt on your team inspires you to go for the gold in your own life.”

“Scott and Matt went beyond my expectations to find the latest and greatest technology that would bring me back to the lifestyle I was used to.”

“If you want to get back to being active, you need to see Matt.”

“David and Matt showed me there were many different options. The prosthesis they put me in is the most comfortable thing I’ve ever had.”

“I didn’t feel like another number,” said Shaw, “They communicated great, they took time with me, and he (Matt) understood because he had been in the same situation I was, having lost his leg below the knee as well.”