The children and adolescents receiving prosthetic treatment at Synergy blow us away everyday! Their remarkable strength and unlimited potential drives our creativity to find prosthetic solutions throughout the developmental stages in a growing child’s life. The rehabilitation teams at the Glenrose Childrens Limb Difference Clinic and The Stollery Children’s Hospital are part of Synergy’s pediatric patient-centered continuum of care.
Trans-tibial, or below knee, amputation is the most common limb loss affecting people in our society. Synergy interacts closely with the Outpatient Amputee Clinic at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in working to restore quality of life to those affected by trans-tibial amputation. Although this level of amputation is the most common, our treatment process varies to match the individual needs and lifestyle of each person.
Trans-femoral, or above knee, amputation requires a significant input of skill and expertise by a prosthetist to achieve a comfortable and functional prosthesis. Synergy staff place emphasis on honing skill to craft the best possible trans-femoral prostheses for our patients whether they are 8 years old or 80. Advanced technology is applied in all possible scenarios.
Incorporating an arm prosthesis or hand prosthesis into a person’s daily life presents a unique set of challenges depending on the users age, lifestyle, and goals. The team at Synergy has a broad depth of experience with all upper limb prostheses ranging from the most advanced commercially available robotic hands to body powered hooks and adaptations.
Multiple limb loss, short amputations, and hip disarticulations are examples of the types of cases Synergy will invest in for hours, days, weeks, and months until the best possible outcomes are achieved.
Many of the patients at Synergy receive additional prostheses for athletics, swimming, or climbing. The high demands placed on these types of prostheses is a challenge embraced by our technician and prosthetists together. We work on your behalf to find funding sources for these projects.
Synergy Prosthetic Services is well known for the significant experience they possess in creating comfortable and aesthetic prosthetic solutions for people with rotationplasty surgeries.
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Synergy Prosthetic Services Inc was founded as a means of providing prosthetic limbs to children and adults with limb loss in the Edmonton area. Today, Synergy maintains its sole focus of providing the highest quality prosthetic solutions to adults and children alike. Our patient-centered business model means that each person we treat receives our fullest attention from the first assessment to the final delivery of their individualized prosthesis.
Zuzu has been with Synergy since January 2022. Her previous experience includes being an adorable, fluffy puppy, wagging her entire back end when excited to see someone, and playing fetch non-stop with a squeaky ball. She loves people, especially children and works to ensure that appointments aren't boring, although she has been known to sleep on the job periodically. She has a great love for delivery people and can most often be found with her head in a trash can.
When not at work she enjoys long walks, chewing on recycling, barking, chewing on sticks, socks, and toys, and going for bike rides in her backpack.
People, science, art. Duane recalls in his childhood that he identified with equal interest towards creating things, understanding how those things worked, and most importantly that things are never more important than a person. There is a strong combination of skill and understanding that emerges each time Duane provides a prosthesis. Duane has more than a decade of prosthetic experience that includes time in Saskatchewan and Alberta as well as abroad in Bolivia and Burma. He is happy to call Edmonton home with his wife and two children.
Chloe never thought she'd find a career which combined her love of science, creative problem solving, working with her hands, and connecting with others…until being introduced to prosthetics. At BCIT she won the top Prosthetics and Orthotics academic achievement award each year. More recently she completed her Masters of Rehabilitation Science. Chloe has worked in Edmonton, Vancouver, and Prince George. She was the sole prosthetist at the PG clinic, working with a wide range of clients and devices from across Northern BC. Chloe collaborates with her clients to create prostheses which fit each person's unique limb, lifestyle, and personal style.
Outside of work Chloe can be found walking her own dog, or obsessing over other peoples' dogs.
Mila started her career as an orthotic technician and soft goods designer in BC for a Canadian orthotics manufacturer. After over a decade, she decided it was time for a new adventure and to expand her skill set. Her favorite part of Prosthetics at Synergy is cosmetic finishing.
When not tinkering with limbs, she sews, reads, looks after various critters, 80 plus house plants and kicks soccer balls around with her team.
Jessica spent much of her early adult life traveling the globe, living in places such as Thailand, Nepal, Bolivia and England, all the while getting an education in empathy and kindness. Her greatest passion is people. She has been employed in many different occupations but has been Office Manager at a law firm in Vancouver, and at a prosthetics facility in Saskatoon. She now calls Edmonton home and finds her role at Synergy to be extremely fulfilling.
Jessica loves being with her husband and two children. She spends her time gardening, tending to her chickens, playing with her pup, and mountain biking whenever she can.
In Blaine's role as a prosthetic technician, he focuses on the precise fabrication and fine-tuning of custom prosthetic devices. His technical journey began in 2009 with a career in orthotics, followed by several years working in adaptive wheelchair seating. Throughout these roles, Blaine maintained a strong interest in prosthetics, often seeking opportunities to expand his skill in the field.
In 2004, he made the move to prosthetics by joining Synergy where he now applies his hands-on expertise and attention to detail to help create high quality, functional solutions for individuals with limb loos.
Outside of work, Blaine enjoys spending time in his workshop. His hobbies include CNC machining, car racing, woodworking, and electronics; pursuits that reflect his passion for building, problem-solving and working with complex systems.
Peter is the original founder of Synergy and had a full and wonderful career in the field of prosthetics before retiring in 2021. His vast knowledge and expertise is an asset to our active staff.