Many experts say any rehabilitation of arms and legs for stroke patients is useless after a year.
But researchers at The University of Alabama at Birmingham don't agree. They've developed a unique therapy that's changing the lives of stroke patients. Five years ago Jim Faust had a stroke which left him unable to use his right arm. While new drugs help stroke patients at the time of stroke, there hasn't been much hope for patients who are still impaired a year or more after a stroke. I don't know it was just something I felt like they were wasting their time.