Jim Carr had a stroke last fall that left him unable to walk. In this edition of the FOX 7 Healthbeat, we learn more about the new robotic gait training system that helped him relearn how to walk.
Carr became the first patient in the country to use a new robotic gait training system called "The Morning Walk."
"So, we're able to get them up on the device," said Kasey Kihlberg, one of the physical therapists who worked with Carr. "It actually helps to bring them through that normal walking pattern, to retrain their brain and their legs to work together." "He was a go getter, and he was up for it, and he loved it and thrived on it," Kihlberg said. "Everything had more of a natural function, because you were mimicking going up a hill and walking on trails and things like that. Wasn't as easy to do on a treadmill, but this here was really neat the way this worked."
"It helped me get more comfortable with the idea of going up a hill and coming down, and walking across unleveled areas," Carr said. "It really made a difference for that. It helped quite a bit."
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