Muscular dystrophy patient creates virtual reality physical therapy program

Parker wanted a way to make physical therapy more enjoyable so that he and other suffering from this and other conditions would have an easier life. So he came up with a virtual reality physical therapy.

"Pairing it with therapy is making it a lot… Making therapy a lot more enjoyable if you will. Getting you to want to like move around to go and look at stuff uh… Grab stuff. Get a better view of what you're trying to see. Show a better way to like give therapy... Like that and just getting the word out about like thinking of different ways like you can help with… If you're a therapist, different ways you can go about giving therapy to people with muscular dystrophy and if you yourself have muscular dystrophy”, the boy explained.

This solution was developed within the scope of Education Accelerated by Service Technology, a tech program from his school that encourages students to invent solutions for real-life problems. Parker had the help of some colleagues.

"The amount of movement that you see him do in VR the difference you can see... It's amazing. I just hope that in the long run that this can become more than just a project in school. I really hope it can help a lot of people”, said Zachary Caputo, Parker's teammate.

Adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfa8tsEFW0