Limb Movement & Electrical Stimulation
Jan 7, 2015 3:07:52 GMT -8
Post by Lαrα on Jan 7, 2015 3:07:52 GMT -8
I was reading the latest success story of a young man, who thanks to electrical stimulation, can now raise his legs off the bed. It must be an amazing feeling to actually move a paralyzed limb.
Naturally it must be celebrated, any movement is very exciting and promising though so far this is not yet enough progress down the line to facilitate upright mobility...walking!
Four other men have had the same treatment carried out but as yet, walking isnt an option.
Lets keep hopeful for the future because at one time even this achievement wasnt even on the horizon 
A man who hasn't been able to move his legs since the accident was now lifting his leg off the table.
The whole room lit up with smiles.
"It was pretty awesome," Goza said. "I questioned it at first: Maybe it didn't actually happen, and I was just hoping it did."
Over the next few hours, Goza lifted his legs several more times.
Science made the impossible possible for Goza.
Goza won't necessarily walk again, even though his doctors are hopeful. Over the past five years, four other paralyzed men have had this therapy, but none of them can walk. At least not yet.
The whole room lit up with smiles.
"It was pretty awesome," Goza said. "I questioned it at first: Maybe it didn't actually happen, and I was just hoping it did."
Over the next few hours, Goza lifted his legs several more times.
Science made the impossible possible for Goza.
Goza won't necessarily walk again, even though his doctors are hopeful. Over the past five years, four other paralyzed men have had this therapy, but none of them can walk. At least not yet.
Every morning for 2½ years, Calven Goza tried to move his legs, hoping against hope and medical science that this time, this day, would be different.
It never was.
An accident with a drunken driver left Goza paralyzed below the chest. No amount of wishful thinking could help him move his legs again.
But on December 5, Goza, 26, got another chance.
This time, researchers wheeled him into a laboratory at the University of Louisville. There, he became one of the first study subjects to receive new therapy designed to help paralyzed people move their legs again.
It never was.
An accident with a drunken driver left Goza paralyzed below the chest. No amount of wishful thinking could help him move his legs again.
But on December 5, Goza, 26, got another chance.
This time, researchers wheeled him into a laboratory at the University of Louisville. There, he became one of the first study subjects to receive new therapy designed to help paralyzed people move their legs again.
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