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Xtend Connect now accessible to SPS and Hanger in the US

We are so excited to announce our new partnership with SPS and Hanger in the US.
“With a long history of serving the O&P profession, and with as impressive a roster of clients as one can imagine, including the nationally prominent Hanger Clinics, SPS is the ideal partner to help us get our products to those who will truly benefit: amputees.” says our own Russell Cannon, Director of Sales, North America at Lindhe Xtend Inc. Starting October 2021, SPS and Hanger will take onboard Xtend Connect – our complete range of quick-change adapters.
The largest distributor in the world, founded in 1917 and formerly known as Southern Prosthetic Supply, SPS has multiple Distribution Centers, a highly respected Sales & Marketing division as well as a team of Professional Educators. They are in other words highly qualified to reach clinicians with our solution that truly revolutionizes day-to-day life for amputees. Hanger Clinics has over 800 locations nation-wide over 1 Million patients are treated annually.

Thank you for your confidence and looking forward to the cooperation!

Read more about SPS and Hanger Clinics

Caro – Our new Ambassador in Germany

Who are you?
I’m Caro Wehner, a 47-year-old above knee amputee from Germany. I’m a geologist with a passion for stones and fossils and I traveled the world during my studies to find out everything about them.  I live with my two kids…I’m sorry – I mean dogs… (but they are like my kids, as loving and as annoying) in beautiful Altmühltal, between Nürnberg and München. I’m originally from Schwaben but I moved here because I love the great opportunities for recreation and nature that this area brings. As I simply love being outdoors with my dogs, do Nordic walking, agility and look for fossils – this is the right place to be.

What is your story?
Well, in the year of 2000 I had a serious accident, being tackled by the other team at a softball competition. The cruciate ligaments in the knee broke and a lot of surgeries followed. Already at the first surgery I caught an infection. And there were more infections and a lot of pain after the over 40 surgeries that followed. The surgeries didn’t solve the problem and my pain only got worse. Finally, the only way out I saw was amputation, and getting the anaesthesia I went to sleep with a smile on my face knowing that I was going to be amputated, free from the pain and able to re-start my life.
Two weeks after the amputation I started trying out prosthetics and three weeks after that I started walking. Having dogs really helped getting up on the prosthetics early and fast. After 6 months I was doing Agility with my dogs again and – believe it or not – since then I have become the Vice World Champion in Para-Agility twice! Nowadays I live a really active and happy life doing trekking, motorbiking, Stand-Up-Paddling…and really whatever that I want.

What does “Xtend Your life” mean to you?
It simply means freedom. To be able to do what I want, whenever I want it, means everything to me since I’m a free spirit. I could never image to live my life in any other way. My personal motto is actually “Carpe Momentum”, and to me that is really the same. Being out of my comfort zone, having no restrictions, breathe fresh air and be a bit crazy is really life at its best!

P.s. You can follow Caro on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thirteenfeetoneteam/

Meet us and the moose at AOPA in Boston

At the AOPA in Boston, September 9-11, Lindhe Xtend will have a fully operational booth with practical demonstration of our products. Capt. Diane Pollock, will also be there to assist us in live-demonstration on our life-changing products. Come by and have a taste of some Swedish candy or just for a hug from a Swedish moose?

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Say hi to our newest team member

Jonathan Ivansson is taking the role as Customer Service, Logistics and Administration Assistant at our HQ in Halmstad. Despite his young age Jonathan already have a lot of experience from Customer Service and Logistics having worked with logistics at the warehouse of Martin & Servera as well as service and support at ICA Maxi. At Lindhe Xtend Jonathan will put all his energy and effort in providing safe, fast deliveries and a brilliant customer service.

Welcome onboard Jonathan, we are very happy to have you!!

 

FAOP – New kids on the block

We were so excited to launch Lindhe Xtend and our products at FAOP last weekend. Being new to the US-market and also located in Florida, this is the first time we got a really great chance to present ourselves. This well-attended show in Orlando, FL, had both exhibition and workshops. Lindhe Xtend’s Sales Director North America, flanked by our CEO Jessika Broström held a well-appreciated workshop, where also our Founder, triple-amputee Christoffer Lindhe joined live digitally from Sweden. The highly competitive Swedish Quiz-promenade following the work-shop resulted in two lucky winners. We congratulate Travis Andersen, Hanger Clinic in Orlando and André Bellicini at Restore POC in Daytona Beach as the winners of Lindhe Xtend products.

Addition to our Customer Service

We are pleased to introduce our newest talent in Customer Service. Talib Kadir will be taking great care of our US-customers out of our new office and logistics center located in Stuart, FL. With Talib’s can-do attitude and experience within customer service and logistics, we are looking forward to continue building a strong presence in the USA.

 A warm welcome to the Lindhe-family, Talib!

Rewarded degree project by Frida Svensson

We are so proud of our Frida Svensson who just finished her studies at Halmstad University and managed to get not less than 3 scholarships for her degree project “Blood simpling”.
Together with her partner Lisa Eliasson she developed a tool for blood specimen selection. The tool helps patient having a less painful experience when being sampled for blood. For some patients this procedure is quite simple, while others for different reasons suffer a lot. The tool helps getting it right at the first jab and is also suitable for kids.
Congratulations Frida – well done!

Read more about the degree project and the scholarships at:
Utexpo bjöd på inspiration, innovation och pengaregn – Högskolan i Halmstad (hh.se) (swedish)
Halland | Chalmerska Ingenjörsföreningen (avancez.se) (swedish)

Our new US-office is up and running

The day is here. Covid-19 could not stop us.
We now expanded our operations in the US with the great addition of a logistic center and warehouse in Stuart, FL. Strategically placed in between Miami and Orlando, we will reach out to even more customers in the US with the target to provide a state-of-the-art Customer Service to our O&P clinics.
Stay tuned for more updates from our new home ground.

Climbing Pont la Seyne sur Mere with the Xtend Foot

Our ambassador Valerie is truly an adventurous and charitable lady. Normally she does many tower runs that brings donations for charity, but since Covid hit us they have unfortunately all been cancelled.
So Valerie decided to make a run by herself and raise money for a renowned cancer hospital and research centre – Fondation Gustave Roussy – based in Paris. For this she will be climbing the Pont la Seyne sur Mere which has 231 steps. But since she is hoping to raise a minimum of 2310 euros, she decided to multiply her run by 10, which is basically 1 euro per step. All the donations will go to child cancer research at the foundation.
So Valerie’s goals are not to set a performance record but to raise as much money as she possibly can. It will be a challenge since the most she have ever climbed before has been 2000 steps and this tower run is going to be different from the others mainly as it’s an outdoor event and it may be windy or wet that day. Also the tower has metal steps and for the first time she will be going up and down twice with her prosthetic foot – Xtend foot. Usually she only climb with crutches and use the elevator to come down.

Best of luck to Valerie on May 19 – all the colleagues at Lindhe Xtend will of course be rooting and cheering!