I: Introduction

         Imagine a life where cyborg limbs are a common thing amongst everyday life. All patients with deformed or amputated limbs received robotic limbs that can be manipulated by their mind the same way a natural hand does. Originally theorized by sci-fi movies, such as Star Wars, robotic limbs helped the disabled hero like when Darth Vader slashed Luke Skywalker's hand off and Luke had to replace it later with a robotic prosthetic. Turns out, current technology has allowed prosthetic limbs to leap into the future. Current prosthetic hands are being controlled by brain electrode implants to allow for non-laggy movement that you would expect from older prosthetics. Not to mention a new film has been invented to allow the prosthesis controller to gain feeling and temperature sensation in the artificial limb.

         Not pleased with the idea of robotic limbs? What about an injection that could completely regrow and specialize into new cells to an area where the cells were previously destroyed? Once again, our medical technologies have been exponentially advancing allowing us to look into the future. Stem cell therapy, a highly debated subject in todays politics has the ability to regenerate new specialized cells to replace damaged ones. Sci-fi movies and reality are becoming one in the same; one day disease and disability will be a thing of the past.

         Some currently new treatment methods range from a video game console that promotes movement to a wearable robotic exoskeleton that reduces the stress of movement and all the way to a robotic physical therapist's assistance that aids the patient in safely doing the required rehabilitation exercises. The website Premier Orthopedics & Sports Medicine  is a website designed for patients and used by physical therapy professionals for alternative physical therapy treatments and sheds more light within the current status and techniques used in Orthopedics and Physical Therapy.
        This blog will explore some of the wide range of advancements in the physical therapy field with the use of new medical technologies as a mean of treatment. Rehabilitating the Disabled Future also aims to bring up treatments that still in their infancy lab stages and what implications it may have for patients in the future.