Mike's Story of Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

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Mike's Story: Intensive Therapy & Game-changing Research Lead to His Recovery

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Mike's life changed instantly after he fell down cement stairs, sustaining a spinal cord injury that left him unable to move from the chest down. When he arrived at the Shirley Ryan Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµÍøÕ¾, he could not breathe, eat, speak or walk on his own.

After six months of intensive therapy and a new research treatment, he left able to speak clearly, walk in a harness, eat independently, and breathe free of tubes. Watch his story and learn more about our spinal cord rehabilitation programs.

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