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Guitarist Hopes To Play Again With The Help of Bionic Hand
Dorian Cox, the 27-year-old guitarist of the indie band The Long Blondes, thought his guitar playing days were over after he suffered a stroke. He now has a glimmer of hope thanks to some neurological physiotherapy which includes a cutting-edge piece of medical technology. The SaeboFlex helps patients by supporting their wrists and helping them grasp and release objects. "It's a fantastic service, it's helping tremendously and I think it can work wonders for me and others — it's almost like a gym for my hand. I know things might never be the same again and nobody can give me a definite answer about whether I'll play guitar again but I'm getting back on track with their help," Mr. Cox said. This thing looks really cool, and I'm sure many people will benefit from it, though I can't help but wonder if they make a model that lets you shoot your fist at an enemy.
And this uses mechanical parts to assist a human in doing things.
face the world with eyes of fire.
Yes, strokes can happen spontaneously overnight. There are lots of people out there who just develop blood clots without any known medical or physiological reason and it often comes on suddenly.
Clots can lead to strokes and PE's
And you can still be in good health (medically speaking) and get a thrombosis.
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If we fix the grandparent, though, he still has a point.
"This is probably the worst misuse of the word 'hand' that I've ever seen."
Really, when you call something a bionic hand, you're implying it is a prosthetic limb. He still has his hand, it just doesn't work so great. The article is intentionally "misleading" but they "justify" it by including "quotes."
That's a lot of BS. A friend of mine had a stroke in is 30s: he kept fit, didn't drink, didn't smoke, didn't eat too much, and you how it happened? He was taking a dump, was pushing hard with his mouth closed, and collapsed right there. The hospital doctor I talk to said the extreme change of blood pressure when someone does that is enough to burst a vessel even with the healthiest person.
Incidentally, I who drinks coffee, alcohol and smokes the cigar, never rushes my morning business anymore. I've seen the result, nosiree...
I've seen the way some of these types of bionic body parts work by recognizing brain patterns associated with specific movements. I wonder how far off this technology is from allowing musicians to compose music on synthesizers just by thinking about the notes. People like me who are far better at composing than playing would be able to make some pretty incredible music with an ability like that. And people like Dorian Cox would have a much better shot at playing music again, because let's face it, guitar is hard enough when your hands are slightly cold, much less completely numb and paralyzed. There's only so much you can do with a bionic hand.
Or another way of looking at it: The tools we have to define good health cannot be used to rule out the possibility of a stroke at any moment.
My uncle died of an aneurysm in his skull one night. He was in his late 20's and quite healthy. They still don't know why it formed.
It may be comforting to say things like "things like strokes do not happen overnight." It lets us sleep better. However, they do actually happen over night, and genuinely healthy people die all the time. By being healthy you reduce your chances of impending death, but you don't eliminate them.
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Bionic hand hopes to play again with the help of a guitarist.
Heh. You don't need a bionic hand for playing guitar.
Keith Xander has been doing it for years with one arm - and well, too!
Hell, there's even a guy who plays guitar with no arms! Granted, it's mostly Tom Petty songs, but still ;)
Thank you.
Taking a shit was fun enough before, now I have to worry about sudden stroke death.....FUCK!