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Sunday, November 26, 2006
Getting his life back, one step at a time | Star-Telegram | 11/26/2006
High-tech device helps a martial artist learn how to walk again
[photo: Physical therapist Debbie Nystrom, left, and rehab technician Beth Peebles position Erwin Villezon in the AutoAmbulator.]
[photo: On a screen, therapists can monitor Villezon's progress on the AutoAmbulator, which simulates walking. "I want to get back to walking the way I once did," he said.]
[photo - Erwin Villezon looks in a mirror while on the AutoAmbulator this month. "It has given him confidence and added normalcy to his life," said his wife, Bobbie Villezon.]
By JAN JARVIS
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Erwin Villezon pushes himself to walk, even as his right foot drags on the ground.
He makes himself talk despite a tongue that refuses to cooperate. And he forces himself to recall names of people he has no clear memory of.
The same drive that won him movie roles, stuntman jobs and national recognition as a martial artist is now helping him recover from two strokes and tuberculosis in his brain.
As he struggles through physical therapy at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington, Villezon, 46, amazes those who remember how helpless he was a few months ago.
"He would just lay there and sleep; he had no emotions," said Bobbie Villezon, his wife of 26 years. "I've watched him more and more grow back into being my husband."
Three times a week, Erwin Villezon is suspended in a harness that holds him upright over the treadmill. Robotic arms help him move his legs and replicate normal walking patterns.
The AutoAmbulator was developed by HealthSouth Corp. and is being used to rehabilitate people in centers across the country. For people with abnormal gaits caused by spinal injuries, MS and other conditions, the machine may be a path to walking again.
The device simulates walking while supporting the person's weight, said Melissa Higgins, a physical therapist at the HealthSouth facility in south Arlington. It also improves circulation by moving the legs and builds strength through weight-bearing movements.
But it's the psychological effect -- when patients see themselves moving in a mirror -- that often makes the biggest difference.
"People are able to see themselves upright," Higgins said. "Some people have not had the experience of walking in years."
MOTR - Star-Telegram
High-tech device helps a martial artist learn how to walk again
[photo: Physical therapist Debbie Nystrom, left, and rehab technician Beth Peebles position Erwin Villezon in the AutoAmbulator.]
[photo: On a screen, therapists can monitor Villezon's progress on the AutoAmbulator, which simulates walking. "I want to get back to walking the way I once did," he said.]
[photo - Erwin Villezon looks in a mirror while on the AutoAmbulator this month. "It has given him confidence and added normalcy to his life," said his wife, Bobbie Villezon.]
By JAN JARVIS
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Erwin Villezon pushes himself to walk, even as his right foot drags on the ground.
He makes himself talk despite a tongue that refuses to cooperate. And he forces himself to recall names of people he has no clear memory of.
The same drive that won him movie roles, stuntman jobs and national recognition as a martial artist is now helping him recover from two strokes and tuberculosis in his brain.
As he struggles through physical therapy at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Arlington, Villezon, 46, amazes those who remember how helpless he was a few months ago.
"He would just lay there and sleep; he had no emotions," said Bobbie Villezon, his wife of 26 years. "I've watched him more and more grow back into being my husband."
Three times a week, Erwin Villezon is suspended in a harness that holds him upright over the treadmill. Robotic arms help him move his legs and replicate normal walking patterns.
The AutoAmbulator was developed by HealthSouth Corp. and is being used to rehabilitate people in centers across the country. For people with abnormal gaits caused by spinal injuries, MS and other conditions, the machine may be a path to walking again.
The device simulates walking while supporting the person's weight, said Melissa Higgins, a physical therapist at the HealthSouth facility in south Arlington. It also improves circulation by moving the legs and builds strength through weight-bearing movements.
But it's the psychological effect -- when patients see themselves moving in a mirror -- that often makes the biggest difference.
"People are able to see themselves upright," Higgins said. "Some people have not had the experience of walking in years."
MOTR - Star-Telegram