A rare stroke in the spinal cord left Vigan, a Lincoln bodybuilder, relearning how to move. His recovery has been a steady climb — from a wheelchair to a walker, then to crutches, and now to a single cane — built on an intensive, technology-driven therapy program.
Alongside aquatic therapy and robotic tools like the Lokomat, Vigan trains in Aretech's ZeroG harness, which lets him walk overground without holding on for support. With dynamic body-weight support and fall protection backing every repetition, he can push through demanding work — walking, high knees, and the lunges he loved long before his injury. "I used to love lunges before the accident," he says.
For an athlete used to giving everything, the mindset hasn't changed. "You get what you put in, so I'm always invested 100%," Vigan says. Now cleared to return to the gym, he keeps building strength and confidence — a testament to how far overground gait training can carry a determined patient.