We've seen that
repetitive motion retrains the nervous system so that individuals, in some cases, redevelop walking patterns, but regular movement also prevents secondary complications of paralysis, including cardiac and lung weakness, poor bone density and pressure ulcers.
Kessler is also one of seven centers in the Christopher and Dana Reeve NeuroRecovery Network, a program designed to
retrain the nervous system through intensive
repetitive locomotor training — during which the individual is harnessed over a treadmill as therapists move the legs in a walking
motion.