Medical Reports: Robots Massage Away Pain

WSVN -- Just two weeks before 23-year-old Marine Mike Delancey was scheduled to return home from Iraq his worst nightmare happened.

Mike Delancey: "The bullet hit and came through my left shoulder right here, and it basically travelled across my spine."

His family was told he wouldn't make it.

Mike Delancey: "I knew better purpose. It wasn't my time to go."

Mike survived but was left paralyzed. Now, part of his recovery is getting his game back.

Mike Delancey: "If I try to do certain things like shoot a basketball, you know, it comes right here, and you don't have that right motion."

Mike turned to this robot for help. It works by lengthening tight muscles. A physical therapist positions the mechanical arm over the targeted area and then built-in sensors are programmed to apply a specific amount of pressure.

Al Meilus: "It starts actually very subtly, moving and hunting, and it fools the muscle fibers to go and come apart and go from an adhered state and go like this."

Al Meilus: "It was horrible. I was left completely crippled."

After a chiropractor dislocated his jointdave hutchieson was told he would never walk again, but the former paratrooper never lost hope.

Mike Delancey: "We were always told never give up. It doesn't matter what happened, never give up."

After a couple months with the robot he was back to walking normally. Mike is seeing improvement too and ready to roll with whatever his life brings.

Richard Lemus: "This robot can also be used to help people who suffer from back pain, headaches, sciatica, arthritis and other ailments."

Meilus Muscular Therapy & Sports, Inc.
St. Petersburg, FL
(727) 547-1233