During the presentation I had a great aha moment, one that shocked my mind. During the presentation I learned that minor paralysis could be cured! This also showed me that physical therapists have extremely important jobs.
Everyone knows that neurons regulate the parts of our bodies. Overtime neurons die, by diseases or injuries. When the neurons in your brain start dying, you become brain dead. But neurons can die in every part of the body. For example, your hand is paralyzed. Your hand is one of the most important parts of your body, which you use thousands of time during your day for different things, and now that it is paralyzed you can't do those things anymore. This is where physical therapists come in. By just exercising your hand, such as moving your fingers, the paralysis can go away! Over time, neurons that regulate other parts of the body will see that your hand can still work, so some of them will transport there, thus regaining the use of your hand. This process is called neuroplasticity.
I was amazed to learn this as I thought paralysis was permanent. This showed me how cool and important physical therapists are.
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Ahmad Khan
This was a nice post because you explained where and how neurons die then explained what neuroplasticty is. Also it was good that you mentioned how important there jobs our as in the presentation the therapists also stated how important their jobs our.
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