The dynamic parapodium helped Alexey Viktorovich get back on his feet!

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Dear friends! Thank you very much for your help to the Volgograd boarding school for the elderly and disabled. For the needs of the institution, we purchased a Dynamic Parapodium - this is a variant of an orthosis for the legs and back, which helped in the restoration of motor functions. One of the first was Alexey Viktorovich Kuznetsov, for whom we opened the camp. Alexey Viktorovich is not yet 50 years old. He worked as a driver, loved to go fishing, pick mushrooms. But one day a disaster struck: a fracture-dislocation of the cervical spine with compression of the spinal cord. One hand remained mobile. Reconstruction began in the orphanage. At first, Alexey Viktorovich was able to sit in a wheelchair on his own, and then move around in it. Thanks to the dynamic parapodium, the man began to get up from the wheelchair and go to the gym. One day he was able to return home. The use of the dynamic parapodium did not end there - it is necessary for other recipients of social services at the boarding house. Oleg Aleksandrovich Melikhov is a disabled person of the second group with partial paralysis of the lower extremities, who survived the amputation of his left leg. Oleg Alexandrovich had a dream to start walking again. The specialists of the institution and the dynamic parapodium helped him to get back on his feet. Many thanks for your help! Thanks to you, the men were able to get on their feet, but the story did not end there. The dynamic parapodium will remain in the boarding house and will help other people to fulfill their cherished dream!

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Alexey Kuznetsov dreams of getting back on his feet

Over 500 people live in the Volgograd Nursing Home. Alexey Viktorovich is among them. He is not yet 50 years old. He worked as a driver, liked to go fishing and pick mushrooms. And then - the trouble: a fracture of the cervical spine c6-c7 with spinal cord compression.

One hand remained movable only. In this condition, Alexei in 2017 ended up in a nursing home. With one moving hand he began his recovery. Much exercise first. The work was then forced by specialists: neurologist, masseur, psychologist. Alexey became able to sit in a wheelchair, and then move around on his own. He became able to start visiting the gym.

A year ago he was bedridden completely. Only his persistence and desire to recover helped him. Now he already sits and rides on his own in a wheelchair. During the coronavirus period, he persistently does breathing exercises.

"Having achieved such results, it would be a shame to die of coronavirus," he said.

Alexey has a great desire to move forward. But there is not enough rehabilitation means to restore motor functions. Dynamic PD-180 parapodium is a variant of leg and back orthosis, which would help to restore motor functions not only for Alexey, but also for other residents of Volgograd nursing home for the elderly and disabled. Unfortunately, by law it cannot be purchased at the expense of the institution's budget. The Social Insurance Fund of Russia compensates the disabled of the Volgograd region for the purchase of orthoses - but only 55 thousand rubles out of 182 thousand needed to buy the parapodium and its fixers.

You can help Alexei and his neighbors in the boarding school.