Recovering from an injury can be a long and tedious process. Often times even with physical therapy the muscles and joints do not heal like they should. Strobes glasses is a new technology which attempts to help people recover quickly. By taking away some vision with these glasses it helps the body rely on the movement of the joint, and not just sight. This is a major breakthrough.
Key Takeaways:
- If you blow out your knee or have major joint surgery, your doctor will likely recommend or even require physical therapy.
- By doing repeated physical exercises, you relearn how to move that body part, which can certainly help you get back up to speed.
- There was no reason to use their vision — they were not asked to avoid obstacles or use their eyesight in any way.
Using MRI scans on patients recovering from ACL reconstructions, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center discovered that their brains processed information from their injured leg differently than from their healthy leg — and differently than how uninjured people process info.
Read more: Are ‘Strobe Glasses’ the Future of Injury Recovery?
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