Adaptive Mobility

His long road back—through brain remapping, neuromuscular training, and other advanced procedures—brought him to Dr. Karen McCain, an Assistant Professor at a prestigious southern university. She predicted that with the help of a Rifton XL Pacer Adult Gait Trainer, Sean might walk again.

“Initially, he could only move his legs appropriately in response to an outside force propelling the Pacer,” McCain recalled. Owing to his traumatic brain injury, “he simply could not plan the steps necessary to move it himself. Even with assistance, it took him close to half an hour to take 12 steps on his own.”

But Sean’s persistence with the XL Pacer paid off. “After only four weeks, Sean could walk in the Pacer unassisted and without stopping for two hours—covering 800 feet!” McCain said. “We were astonished.”

The new mobility, shown in this video series, has made his life better in other ways. For the first time in more than four years of TBI rehab, he was able to get himself into bed. “I can’t describe how much this means to him,” McCain said. “He told me, ‘I’m looking forward to the rest of my life now, for the first time in a long time!’ The Pacer has been such a powerful tool in Sean’s mobility and overall recovery.”

Sean has a lot to look forward to. Two years ago, he returned to college to work toward his bachelor’s in business administration. He “talks” by typing his thoughts into a tablet computer that speaks for him. And his electrifying presentations about responsible driving have inspired thousands of school children in his home state of Texas and well beyond.

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