Current research involving electrical stimulation of the spinal cord allows people with partial or complete spinal cord injuries to walk. Epidural Electrical Stimulation (EES) seems to be a miracle of the future and is in its infancy. Watch this episode from my Talk About Pain podcast to learn more.

 

Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners. 

 

Read Rick’s book, Solving the Pain Puzzle: Cases from 25 Years as a Physical Therapist, to learn about my unique approach to solving difficult pain conditions from head to toe.

 

Show links:

 

Neurons that restore walking after paralysis, Nature, 09 November 2022

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05385-7#Sec62

Dr. Fabian Wagner

 

https://www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr/en/staff/fabien-wagner/

 

 

Spinal Interneurons as Gatekeepers to Neuroplasticity after Injury or Disease, Journal of Neuroscience 3 February 2021: 

https://www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/41/5/845.full.pdf

 

TeachMeAnatomy

 

https://teachmeanatomy.info/the-basics/