Amy Purdy
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Podcast Appearances
And I didn't realize that I missed โ like for example, when you're sitting โ say you're sitting and your legs are crossed.
Normally, your foot kind of drops a little bit, right?
Like you can kind of โ you don't point your toe.
It just kind of drops.
But with prosthetics, I mean your foot is just stuck.
Like I'm in a 90-degree angle.
It's the same shape all the time.
And I never realized โ
Well, I'm in a high heel.
I have three-inch heels on today, so it looks that way.
But, you know, it's not going to drop anymore.
And if I was in tennis shoes, then it's really at a 90 degree.
And there's little things like that that do bother you.
And you realize, you know, as a girl, as a woman, like, there's feminine little things like that.
Like, you know, you point your toes that all of a sudden I couldn't do anything.
But when I tried these amazing computerized ankles on, it did that.
It's like automatically it knows your legs are crossed.
So it drops or walking, just walking upstairs.
If you can imagine, you know, you roll off the balls of your foot.
That's a dynamic motion.