‘- I am passionate about peer work

'- The peer work is extra rewarding when people open up and ask me questions, says peer coordinator in the Inland, Roar Olafsen from Roa on Hadeland.

Valuable and educational peer work

'- Peer work facilitates people's everyday lives and contributes to amputees and prosthesis users being able to participate in activities that are adapted to them, says Jan Ove Sørheim.

‘- Internal motivation means that you succeed with the training

Physiotherapist Gitte has trained amputees and prosthesis users for over twenty years. In the report, you will hopefully be inspired to move more, and to train so that you can perform the activities that increase the joy of life in everyday life.

‘- Many amputees envision a life in a wheelchair

'- My biggest task and joy is to make people understand that there is a good life after the amputation.

The goal is to inspire all amputees to an active everyday life with a prosthesis

Tor Aalberg rides so often so much. Here he is on a bike ride in Orkanger in Trondheim. Photo: Pivat.   – Attending training classes and conversations with amputees is extra rewarding when I meet them again in activity with a new prosthesis. By Marte Nordahl Tor Aalberg from Trondheim has worked as a peer […]

‘- I will live on the rides on horseback and bike until I get the opportunity to participate again

Benedicte Finnema kostade extra på den fem timmar långa turen med en fantastisk utsikt över Rondane och Dovrefjell. Foto: Geir Arne Hageland. Text: Marte Nordahl På helgresan till Hjerkinn bevisade Benedicte Finnema att det går att ha ett aktivt liv och bemästra att vara på fjället. – Att utföra aktiviteter som ökar livskvaliteten är det […]