TRS devices help amputees reclaim work, play skills

BOULDER — When a car accident crushed Bob Radocy’s left arm, leading to the amputation of his hand, his life catapulted in a new direction.

Spurred by frustration with available prosthetics and determined to continue his active life as a sportsman and athlete, Radocy created his own devices.

Now decades later, Boulder-based Therapeutic Recreation Systems Inc., has helped thousands of amputees reach goals, reclaim skills and even reach world records that would have otherwise been impossible.

“We’re a niche business in prosthetics that builds equipment primarily for people missing their hands through congenital or traumatic loss,´ said Bob Radocy, president and chief executive…