2020
The Blesma News for 2020 covering news, activities and fundraising events for limbless veterans.
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Blesma at home workout - Seated session
17 July 2020
Gregg Stevenson has devised a weekly home workout especially for his fellow Members, to help us keep our mind and bodies healthy during lock-down. "My name is Gregg and I am a Blesma Member that works at SMRC Preston (the prosthetics centre gym). We focus on the benefits that strength, fitness and mobility can bring to amputees and wheelchair users. I intend to develop several fitness sessions for you to try at home, with minimal equipment. I have been inspired by other Blesma Members, cracking on at this difficult time, and feel it would be
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Rick inspires Manchester United despite 'Pre-match nerves'
16 July 2020
Former Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment soldier and life-long Manchester United fan Rick Clement has been inspiring his idols with his story of overcoming adversity. In February Rick, who lost both his legs while serving in Afghanistan, was invited to the club’s training ground by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to talk to the club’s first team players and coaching staff. “Every year, the Manchester United Disabled Supporters Association holds a black-tie dinner, and a guest speaker from the club attends. Last year, that was Ole,” said the 40-year-old from Lancashire
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Blesma sends congratulations video to Tony Hudgell
16 July 2020
Tony Hudgell, 5, lost both of his legs as a result of abuse he suffered as a baby from his birth parents. Inspired by Sir Captain Tom Moore, he set out to raise funds for the NHS by walking every day in June, and while doing so learned to walk on his prosthetic legs. At first Tony’s adoptive family had hoped that this walking challenge arou
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Osseointergration is the right choice for David
15 July 2020
Former soldier David Sneddon has become the third single-leg amputee to undergo osseointegration surgery in Scotland through the NHS. David was seriously injured by a bullet from a Taliban sniper while on a routine patrol in Afghanistan in 2010. The decision was made to amputate his right leg above the knee two years later, while battling infection after two failed knee replacements. Subsequently, David used a prosthetic leg for eight years before pains and sores led him to consider osseointegration. Also known as Direct Skeletal Fixation, the procedure involv
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