"Wait until I get back up and running. Just wait!" - Phillip's Story
Phillip’s life changed dramatically on January 8, 2011 when he had a serious car accident on his way home from work. After initially being pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, Phillip stayed in a coma for five weeks. “When I woke up I couldn’t feel anything from my chest below.” Phillip had a T10 complete spinal cord injury, Asia A, with nine fractured vertebrae and a spine fusion from T7 to L4. His doctors told him that he would never be able to walk again. Three and a half months after the accident, Phillip was told that his therapy was over and that he had to adjust to a life in a wheelchair. But he didn’t want to put up with it. Also for the sake of his 10 months old daughter.
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Carson's Story
When Carson was born he was a very healthy infant. With around 15 months Cerebral Palsy was diagnosed based on an inverted right foot and leg. Today, Carson is a patient at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital where he improves his mobility with the Lokomat therapy.
Florian's Story
The eleven year old Florian is a patient at the Rehabilitation Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich. Due to an infantile brain damage he suffers of a movement disorder and is in a wheel chair. With the Lokomat therapy Florian practises to walk.
How patients experience the therapy with the Lokomat system
“My muscles have been strengthened a lot and especially the coordinative abilities have improved too.”
Anjelika Ryshova Maag
Experience of a leukemia patient with tetraplegia, a side effect of the therapy
“It seems so familiar and makes me feel happy again…”
Petra Dokladal
Experiences of an SCI patient
“What impressed me the most was that, after six years, I finally felt that I could walk properly again.“
Doris Siegrist-Gisler
Experiences of an MS patient
“I’m sure it’s doing me some good, even though it’s exhausting.”
Laura De Bellis
Experiences of a CP patient
“It’s just an awesome feeling being able to take my first normal steps again using the Lokomat system!”
Markus Geisler
Experiences of a stroke patient
Testimonials on this web site are expressed in the words of the respective persons/patients and are based on each person’s individual experience. Results may vary depending on a person’s particular condition and/or circumstances. Comments shown here should never be interpreted as specific medical advice and must be used only as background information when consulting with qualified medical professionals. For more information about this web site please see „Terms of Use“.
"It is amazing to see how intensive locomotion therapy evolved with the Lokomat – I am very glad that we can offer this training to our patients".
Prof. Dr. med. Volker Dietz (emeritus), FRCP, Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Center at Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
