Luke Louden suffered a broken neck and back, alongside multiple serious leg injuries
A father-of-four who was left paralysed after a serious crash is now dreaming of walking his daughters down the aisle after receiving innovative robotic therapy.
But that slim chance has now started to become a reality after he became the first patient to receive a new type of therapy at the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit in Glasgow. He said: "Quite quickly I began to feel the benefits, and now there's less pain, fewer spasms, I sleep better and I have lost weight. It's also been huge for my mental health."
Before Mr Louden started his therapy on the ZeroG Gait and Balance System, which NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said is the first of its kind in Scotland, he said he "put so much work in and didn't see any return, and I could feel my hope just draining away". He added: "It was really hard at the start, and I didn't really know what to do. I was really fit and active, so to lose the use of my legs was tough.
"Just to be able to stand, even if it's with a frame, is amazing. If you'd asked me six weeks ago if I could even achieve that I'd have said don't be daft. But now I can stand next to my kids." Claire Lincoln, senior research physiotherapist at the hospital, said patients using the machine can do a lot more before becoming too tired.
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