A prominent spine surgeon in Houston suffered a devastating injury in a bicycle crash at Memorial Park in 2019 that cracked his helmet, broke his back, and he was never expected to move his arms or legs again.
A prominent spine surgeon in Houston shares a huge milestone with us! He suffered a devastating injury in a bicycle crash at Memorial Park in 2019. It cracked his helmet, broke his back, and he was never expected to move his arms or legs again.
"When I was injured, I thought if my body didn't recover on its own, that there is no way that science would ever find a cure for spinal cord injury. But my friend came to me and said, ‘no, we're going to raise money and we're going to find a cure for spinal cord injury’," states Dr. Marco.
"We partnered with a company called Onward that's based in Switzerland and they had a clinical trial here in the U.S. and they had 65 participants. It's called a transcutaneous epidural stimulator, so, it's a stimulator that's placed on the skin, and it sends signals to the spinal cord," says Maggie."He was able to grasp a jug of water and drink with it and it's amazing," exclaims Dr. Marco.
"I got a lot of inspiration from Christopher because he talks about how much he exercised so that he could keep his heart strong and his muscles strong and that when a cure was found that his bones were ready and his joints were ready for him to stand and walk and move like he could before. I'm encouraged by his words because it takes about an hour and a half to get ready to exercise for 30 to 60 minutes. I used to just get up, and walk to a yoga studio," says Dr. Marco.
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