{"id":21014,"date":"2026-02-05T19:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/?p=21014"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:59:43","slug":"using_a_bionic_arm_at_72_psychologist_experience-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/using_a_bionic_arm_at_72_psychologist_experience-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Bionic Arm at 72: One Psychologist\u2019s Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 72, Mary, a retired psychologist, had already spent decades adapting, creating and thriving without a prosthetic. Born without her right hand due to amniotic band syndrome, she learned early how to do things her own way. She rode bikes, climbed trees, created art, and followed her curiosity. Confidence, her parents were told, would be her only barrier, but she overcame that too. Through her lived experience as a person with a limb difference, she became deeply interested in how the mind adapts, a curiosity that led her into a lifelong study of psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One day, a video popped up in her social media feed. A Hero Arm user named Lucas showed off his bionic arm with articulating fingers. Mary stopped scrolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOh my goodness,\u201d she thought. \u201cThere\u2019s technology now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She picked up the phone and called the nearest <a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/visit-prosthetic-clinic-colorado\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/visit-prosthetic-clinic-colorado\/\">Open Bionics clinic in Denver<\/a> to ask a few questions. After speaking with Elise Dreiling, her certified prosthetist, Mary decided she needed to try a bionic arm for herself. She wanted to see what it could add to a life she had already built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"testimonial\">\n    <div class=\"testimonial__container\">\n        <div class=\"testimonial__speechmark\">\n            <p>&#8220;<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"testimonial__text\">\n                <p>\u201cMy natural hand was seen as a disability. But a bionic arm represents ability. This is an addition to me.\u201d<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"testimonial__speechmark testimonial__speechmark-right\">\n            <p>&#8221;<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insurance funded her <a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/hero-pro\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"15315\">Hero PRO<\/a>, our advanced, water-resistant bionic arm designed for everyday use and precision. The device uses wireless MyoPods, which are myoelectric sensors that read muscle signals in the arm, to open and close the hand, switch grips and lock the fingers in place. The lightweight, breathable socket design allows Mary to perform bimanual tasks while maintaining comfort for extended wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She named it Brazo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Thanksgiving, Brazo has become part of Mary\u2019s daily routine, a tool she uses uses to eat and cook, hold her phone, carry groceries, row, practice Pilates, quilt, paint, crochet, knit, sew, stabilize tools and materials, and move through public spaces with greater balance and ease. She experiments constantly, testing grip patterns, adjusting techniques and figuring out what works best for different situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t quit trying something just because it\u2019s difficult or I haven\u2019t figured it out yet,\u201d she said. \u201cI will always give it a good shot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary has always been a problem-solver. She and her husband once built computers together back when keyboards had to be soldered by hand. Learning to activate the bionic hand by flexing her muscles came naturally to her, another system to understand and refine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mary-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mary-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mary-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mary-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mary-2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, Mary compensated physically for the difference in her arms. Over time, that imbalance led to back pain. With Brazo, she can distribute movement more evenly. She rows. She uses a Pilates reformer. She moves with more symmetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow both shoulder blades are working at the same time,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m noticing that my back is not bothering me as much already. It\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary has spent her life acutely aware of how a visible limb difference can make other people uncomfortable. Strangers might stare, glance away or retreat into polite silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That changed when she wore her bionic arm out in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On her first trip to the grocery store with Brazo, people smiled. They stopped to ask questions. A military veteran approached her to talk about friends who wore prosthetics. Another shopper pulled up his pant leg to show his own lower-limb device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s kind of a camaraderie about it,\u201d Mary said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t hesitate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a psychologist, she developed a theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"testimonial\">\n    <div class=\"testimonial__container\">\n        <div class=\"testimonial__speechmark\">\n            <p>&#8220;<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"testimonial__text\">\n                <p>\u201cBetween stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness\u201d<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"testimonial__speechmark testimonial__speechmark-right\">\n            <p>&#8221;<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy natural hand was seen as a disability,\u201d she said. \u201cBut a bionic arm represents ability. This is an addition to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kids reacted differently, too. Instead of asking what happened to her arm, they wanted to know how the bionic arm worked and what it could do. Mary recalled an uncomfortable moment from years earlier when a child innocently asked about her hand and was scolded and dragged away by an embarrassed parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s not going to happen anymore,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a different attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary does not claim the bionic arm gave her confidence. She had that long before. What surprised her was how it changed her willingness to engage with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has made me feel more outgoing,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m willing to talk to people about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She sees it as empowerment. It does not hide her limb difference. It reframes it into something that signals capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary also had advice for others considering a bionic arm. Kids, she believes, adapt quickly and easily. &#8220;Give them something cool and they will make it their own&#8221; she said. &#8220;Adults need more time and patience. Don\u2019t expect it to feel natural right away,. Wear it. Get used to the weight. Think of it as a tool. You don\u2019t use a saw for every task.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"call-to-action\">\n    <div class=\"call-to-action__container\">\n        <div class=\"call-to-action__text\">\n                            <p>Mary&#8217;s Hero PRO is a lightweight, durable, and water-resistant bionic arm designed for precision tasks and daily use.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"call-to-action__button\">\n                            <a class=\"button-secondary \" href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/get-a-hero-arm\/\">\n                    Try it on                <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her mindset extends beyond bionic technology. Mary talks about mental resilience the way some might talk about physical fitness. It is something to practice and build over time. If she were starting over academically, she said she would study resilience, particularly how people open themselves to change instead of resisting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour life is one way forever,\u201d she said, \u201cand then suddenly it\u2019s another way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She often reflects on a quote attributed to Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author of <em>Man\u2019s Search for Meaning<\/em>: \u201cBetween stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies<strong> our growth and our happiness.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Mary, Brazo represents that space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an option,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019s fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a lifetime of doing things one way, she is choosing a new way to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If overuse injuries or a poorly fitting prosthesis are limiting your independence, a free consultation with a certified prosthetist can help determine whether a bionic arm is the right next step. <a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/get-a-hero-arm\/\">Schedule your consult to explore what\u2019s possible<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 72 years of living without a prosthetic, Mary explores daily life, creativity, and movement using a bionic arm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":21018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bionic-squad-stories-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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