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Mastrocola: I can move my legs!
Well, at 3:50pm today, I did it. My therapists documented that I contracted my left and right quadricept muscles. I have no idea what to say or think. I am shocked. I tried sooo hard and thought about it for so long and it happened. I have been doing muslce stimulation, the auto ambulator, walking on leg braces, stretching, chiropractor, everything. and it worked :)
I also have 100% movement to my waist in the back. I have my top 2 abs back, and about 20% of my other abs to my waist. I have about 20% of my hip muscles and my muscles. I can also feel pressure in my left and right knees.
At first, I was concidered a "complete injury" meaning they doctors gave me a 0% chance of ever regaining ANY feeling below my chest, movement, temperature, light touch or anything.
Then my surgeon diagnosed me as an "incomplete injury" and said i had a 15% of regaining insignificant movement and half of 1% to regain significant feeling.
So far, I've proved every diagnosis wrong and will continue to do so until I can ride a 450 again. I have walked up to 100 feet on leg braces by myself by 3 attempts (33 feet each). I attached a picture of the walking machine I've been doing. I would just like to thank every one of you here at atvriders.com for keeping me positive. I will do my best to give all that help back someday whenver I'm able to. You all are what is what is keeping me trying. Without the support I probalby wouldn't tbe able to make it. Thanks everybody and god bless!
-Anthony Mastrocola #17
