Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100512:02:27:00
>> is this guy doing anything different from the traditional method of treating these injuries? >> i don't think so. certainly, you need to recognize the efforts of the physical therapy and rehab community. they have very specific exercises they do. as you pointed out, this person is not trained along those lines. again, intensive therapy of some sort does seem to make a difference in patients who have an incomplete spinal cord injury. i haven't seen exactly all the different exercises he does, i know it's intensive and expensive, someone who has a chance of getting muscle function back anyway...