{"id":35437,"date":"2025-11-17T11:29:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tytanovi.com\/?p=35437"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:31:48","slug":"%d1%84%d1%96%d0%b7%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bf%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%82-tytanovi-rehab-%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81%d1%96%d0%b9-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tytanovi.com\/en\/%d1%84%d1%96%d0%b7%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bf%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%82-tytanovi-rehab-%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81%d1%96%d0%b9-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Therapist at TYTANOVI REHAB \u2014 Oleksii Kolesnichenko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oleksii Kolesnichenko is a physical therapist, mentor, and a person who understands his patients not only professionally but also on a personal level. He works with service members after severe injuries, helps them adapt to prosthetics, guides their training, and teaches safe movement techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experience you won\u2019t learn at any university<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oleksii lives with bilateral lower-limb amputations: his left leg was amputated in 2018, and his right in 2022. His own challenging journey became the foundation of his current profession. He joined TYTANOVI REHAB about half a year ago, realizing that the experience he gained through years of using prosthetics could truly help others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite not having formal medical education, Oleksii possesses a unique kind of expertise \u2014 practical knowledge gained through his own challenges and mistakes. He previously worked at the company where he received his prosthetics, even though his original profession was in finance. However, he has always valued principles over hierarchy: he refused to issue a prosthesis to a patient who had severe skin irritation, and as a result, was dismissed from his job. Today, he smiles and says he\u2019s grateful for that moment \u2014 it led him to the people with whom he can truly change lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leaving his previous job, he reached out to Viacheslav Zaporozhets with an offer to join TYTANOVI REHAB. The very next day, he started working and began helping new patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with Veterans: From the First Steps to Full Recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oleksii\u2019s main task is to teach a person who is standing on prosthetics for the first time how to move correctly, understand their body, and take proper care of both the residual limb and the prosthetic mechanisms. He emphasizes that incorrect habits formed while walking on crutches often carry over into prosthetic use \u2014 people start shifting their center of gravity, collapsing the knee inward, or walking asymmetrically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want our guys to avoid the painful experience I went through. No one taught me. I had to learn everything on my own \u2014 through pain, skin irritation, and mistakes,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Osseointegration: Key Features and Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to traditional prosthetics, Oleksii works with patients who have undergone osseointegration \u2014 a procedure in which a titanium implant is inserted directly into the bone, allowing a bionic leg to attach securely to it. This method provides significantly better range of motion and greater comfort, but it also requires a strict and carefully followed rehabilitation protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, the patient uses a short temporary prosthesis known as a \u201cstabis.\u201d The load increases gradually: 10 kg, 20 kg, and then more each time. Only after reaching 50% of their body weight are they allowed to stand on a full prosthesis and take their first steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main challenge is not technical \u2014 it\u2019s psychological<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Oleksii, the hardest part of rehabilitation is overcoming human laziness and the expectation of quick results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe often want everything at once: you put on a prosthesis and expect to walk like before. But it\u2019s a difficult journey. Pain, discomfort, uncertainty \u2014 all of that is normal. The problem begins when you give up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He often shows patients his own skin irritations or pressure marks to help them understand: he\u2019s not just a therapist \u2014 he is someone who faces the same challenges every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How society views people with amputations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the full-scale invasion, Oleksii was often met with judgment or misunderstanding. People mistook him for someone with addiction issues or someone \u201cresponsible\u201d for losing his limbs. After 2022, society has become far more empathetic, yet reactions still vary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdults often don\u2019t know how to react. But children are the most honest. They ask directly: \u2018Why don\u2019t you have legs?\u2019 \u2014 and I gladly answer. To reduce fear, I even attach small toys to my prosthetics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oleksii Kolesnichenko is convinced that a perfect prosthesis doesn\u2019t exist. There are only different solutions \u2014 each with its strengths and limitations. What truly matters is the desire to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI understand every patient because I\u2019m walking this path with them. And I know this: you can live actively, run, do sports. All you need is determination, support, and the right approach.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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