"Beth" - Improved functions after C5-C6 spinal cord injury.
Tragedy struck on Beth's first outing with a teenage driver. The driver was not at fault when a truck rear-ended the stalled car. Beth's mom tells the story along with a few progress clips.
Beth did the hard work of retraining her body.
"Beth" arrived about a year and a half after the accident. She had plateaued from her primary rehabilitation with little expectation of improvement from her C5-C6 spinal cord injury. The injury had been graded "complete" until she made significant progress via PhotoMed's variable-wavelength therapy plus renewed physical therapy. Then the injury was regraded to "incomplete".
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PhotoMed's therapy prompted a restart of Beth's progress to achieve additional muscle coordination and strength. At six months, she resumed physical training paid by her insurance.
Beth was ready to go to college. At 13months, this was the final interview of her volunteering to test PhotoMed's therapy. The therapy was not yet portable as it is now with the Varichrome Pro. Another young person with a C5-C6 incomplete injury form a high school football head injury followed a similar trajectory and began riding a manual wheelchair after 12 months.
"Beth" and her Mom tell their stories. (8:40)
Another young person with a C5-C6 incomplete injury form a high school football head injury followed a similar trajectory and began riding a manual wheelchair after 12 months.