Three years ago, Mak Yost, a high school athlete in Smyrna, suffered a stroke that affected his ability to walk and speak. His mom Faye says it also meant his right hand was often clinched in a tight fist.
“If you threw a ball at him right now, he would catch it with his right hand. But he can’t let go of it,” she said. “So that’s kind of where we’re at right now, trying to figure out how to train his brain to release.”
They tried keeping his hand in a splint, but it didn’t work and it was painful. So they turned to a combination of injections to relax the muscles, and a new at-home approach to physical therapy using devices built by an Atlanta company, Motus Nova.
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