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Paralyzed Person Walks a Mile

Learn to walk at ParaWalk.com. Get detailed work out plans, personal coaching, and connect with fellow walkers! Michael Losee, a complete T-12 Paraplegic ...

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mxmachines commented on 06 Aug 2008

To answer your question,no I don't use a trunk brace. I posted some more videos of me going up and down stairs and other things. I learned to walk a very specific way that is not taught at any rehab or even the best hospitals. The doctors say it is impossible for a completely paralyzed person to walk like I do(its true if you do it their way)but I am living proof they are wrong. I know others that walk like me. You can learn to walk just like this if you are interested and willing to work for it

mxmachines commented on 08 Aug 2008

Rest assured I have no problem with stairs for the most part. If you don't believe me at this point, come to Utah and lets have lunch. I've had many people mention forearm crutches. In general, people think using a lot of arm strength is necessary/helpful for walking in leg braces. I believe and was taught the opposite. Instead of mainly arm strength I use trunk & back muscles & hip shifting to initiate leg movement. Canes facilitate this much better than forearm crutches.

mxmachines commented on 04 Aug 2008

I want to make it very clear that I have no feeling or movement from the waist down. The vertical lift of my feet comes from shifting my hips using the Erector spinæ muscles and the forward motion of my feet uses the Hip Flexor muscle. These muscles are above the waist. I learned to walk at the "Sit Tall Stand Tall" program in Provo, Utah. I have absolutely zero function in my legs. I also have no quads, glutes, etc. All leg motion is initiated above the waist.

Ramakanth Temkar commented on 08 Dec 2009

This is very inspiring for me because I am too a paralyzed patient. It has been nine months now after accident(spinal cord injury). I am able to walk normally now but I can't run. My left hand and leg is more affected and have severe pain in chest area and left hand. But now I decided I will walk to the Temple on Jan 1st 2010 which is 8 miles from my home no matter what happens to me. Thanks for the inspiring video. I am from India. Great job and all the best.

gcblarsen commented on 08 Sep 2009

I'm amazed at what you are doing. I have a daugher with a T12 injury. She is starting to get return and has enough where she can use an AFO on one leg and KAFO on the other. She is far from giving up her wheelchair. The tightness in her hips prevent her from standing straight. We fight the tightness daily and can't seem to loosen them up. Did you have hip tightness and if so how did you rid of it? Oh she crawls all over the house with no trouble.

ebaysutube commented on 04 Aug 2008

Wow! You obviously have NO idea what "complete" means in relation to spinal cord injury. Loosee is not a T-12 complete,the very definition of "complete" means that walking like that with obvious leg etc muscle working would be impossible . I'm sure some doctor told him that at one point, but now spinal shock is gone and there is a lot of function.

ebaysutube commented on 05 Aug 2008

I am a T-12 "complete" and this would be impossible for me without forearm crutches and a LOT more arms than you seem to be using(I've done a lot of walking with long leg braces,when I first left rehab,I was going to "walk" full time...)Do you have a brace to holds your trunk? WHY NOT POST A VID OF YOU GOING UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR APARTMENT?

ebaysutube commented on 07 Aug 2008

Thanks,but no, I'm NOT interested in learning to walk like THAT.(I already can) Practicality took over somewhere in 27 years of being a gimp. I am much more interested in doing the best I can for the U.S.Ski Team. You can be on the Team just like me,if you are interested and willing to WORK for it. WHERE ARE YOUR STAIR CLIMBING VIDS?

ebaysutube commented on 08 Aug 2008

Not skeptical, I just want to see it. Go up the side without plywood... I am still having trouble with the fact you say you're a T-12 "complete". I put on my braces and tried your gait, really tough,I prefer the "swing through" gait. We can do lunch anytime you say, do you get up to Park City at all.

mxmachines commented on 08 Aug 2008

That stupid plywood fell out in a few weeks anyway. I'd be willing to drive to Park City (it is really nice up there, the wife can do some shopping) Maybe you'll heckle me less in person than you do on the internet :) I am also interested in the mono-ski thing, but I've never done it.

ebaysutube commented on 07 Aug 2008

Great, post some outdoor ones with the back(rise)of the step missing like the ones your Dad fixed at your place. Is there any reason you use canes instead of forearm crutches? It seem a lot of stress on your wrists(when you climb stairs).

TigerTuber commented on 16 Aug 2008

whooops! I missed this comment/reply before posting my other. I thought your walk looked a LOT like the Sit Tall Stand Tall teaches with the hip gait. How long were you in the program to get where you are?

TigerTuber commented on 16 Aug 2008

Were you a part of the Sit Tall Stand Tall program, or were you part of a different rehab program? Either way, AWESOME JOB!!! Congrats on getting to where you are.

mxmachines commented on 08 Aug 2008

It's easy, I just twist my hips so my toes don't get stuck under the stair. You can see it in one of the videos of me going upstairs. So are you still skeptical?

gcblarsen commented on 29 Oct 2009

Yes, we have been stretching twice a day and couldn't get below 30 degrees. Went to Project Walk and got to 10 degrees. Hopefully we can keep 10 or better.

mxmachines commented on 07 Aug 2008

There's also videos of me going down and up regular stairs in a house too. Check it out. I'll post some more stairs video just for you, buddy.

mxmachines commented on 20 Aug 2008

I was in the program for 2 years, took me about 8 months to get rid of my wheelchair. So how are you familiar with the STST program?

ebaysutube commented on 08 Aug 2008

I rest assured you can do it,I would just like to see HOW you handle the under cut type stairs... I live in Park City,Utah.

Ramakanth Temkar commented on 20 Jan 2010

As I said I walked 8 miles on 1st Jan 2010, thanks again for inspiring me. Nothing is impossible.

ebaysutube commented on 07 Aug 2008

Ok I see your stairs. Now let's see regular stairs.

jameswilson89074 commented on 13 Oct 2009

God bless and all things are possible~!

mxmachines commented on 14 Aug 2008

very nice, Keep it up man!

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