Josh Griffin

Josh Griffin was only a teenager when tragedy changed his life.

"When I was 16, I was in a motorcycle accident, and it took my leg off, about 6 inches below the knee," he explains. After 6 to 8 months of therapy, Griffin received his first prosthetic leg and spent the next several weeks learning to walk with it.

Any amount of walking was difficult, and for the next 4 years, going through 10 different prosthetic legs, Griffin struggled with walking and even standing for long periods of time. Pain was a regular part of his life. "I'd wake up some mornings with spots on my leg because of the prosthetic. The liner would rub against the prosthetic at the bend in my knee. That would rub a hole in the liner, and the liner would suddenly lose suction." Bone spurs caused pain, and adjustments had to be made to compensate for the bone spurs. With the Symmetry system, Griffin experienced life with a prosthetic in a brand new way.

"The Symmetry system is 100% better," he says, comparing it to other prosthetic legs. "It gave me a lot more stamina. It was tiring just to walk short distances with my old prosthetic, but with the Symmetry leg, I'll just keep on trucking. I can go wherever I need to go."

Griffin's mobility has greatly improved since he found Symmetry. "I can run for short distances now, and I can walk a whole lot farther than I originally could with my old prosthetic. I can also stand for real long periods of time. I still have the bone spurs, but with the Symmetry leg, I don't have to make adjustments for them. I think the Symmetry liner actually cushions the area with the bone spurs."

Griffin's advice for new amputees:

"It's easy to adjust to a Symmetry prosthetic. It just takes time and patience. Go at it with a good attitude, and you can pretty much do anything you want to do."