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IN COMMITTED TO EACH
OTHER'S PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
AND OUR EMOTIONAL AND
SPIRITUAL GROWTH."
.
>> IMAGINE CLOTHING THAT YOU
WEAR THAT ALLEVIATES PAIN
WITH A SERIES OF BANDS THAT
ENCOURAGE PERFECT POSTURE.
LORI CORBIN REPORTS ON THE
TECHNOLOGY OF PRESCRIPTION
CLOTHING.
>> DESPITE HAVING M.S. AND
DESPITE MY BODY BASICALLY
HAVING SUCH DIFFICULTIES
MOVING, BEING ABLE TO STAND
IN PROPER POSTURE IS
PRICELESS.
>> HE HAS MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS.
A DISEASE CANNOT ALLOW
PEOPLE TO MOVE AROUND EASILY
OR STANDING UP STRAIGHT.
BUT A HIGH-TECH GARMENT IS
HELPING KEITH GAIN MOBILITY.
HE WORKED WITH A PHYSICIAN
WHO EMBEDDED A JACKET WITH
VELCRO PULLS IN KEY AREAS
THAT MIMIC A PHYSICAL
THERAPIST'S TAPING.
>> HE PUT THE STRAPS ON MY
SHOULDER AND MY BACK AND IT
TOOK AWAY THE PRESSURES AND
PAIN I WAS HAVING IN MY
LOWER BACK.
AND IN SIX WEEKS, MY SPINE
PAIN HAD ALL BUT GONE AWAY.
AND I WAS NO LONGER A COUNTY
FOR SURGERY.
CLOTHES WORK ON
CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND APPEAR
TO PROMISE AVOIDING SURGERY.
BUT HE CAUTIONS THIS.
>> IT'S AN ASSISTANT.
>> STRETCHING AND
STRENGTHENING REMAIN
NECESSARY.
IN ORDER TO KEEP THE GOOD
POSTURE, DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR
THE CLOTHING ALL THE TIME?
APPARENTLY NOT.
THE BANDS INSIDE THE GARMENT
STIMULATE NERVES THAT
CONTROL MUSCLE STIMULATION
THAT CAN TRAIN THE BODY TO
REALIGN.
FOR GOVERNOR, IT'S A
BLESSING.
>> TOMORROW WILL NEVER BE
BETTER THAN TODAY.
IF TOMORROW IS THE SAME AS
TODAY, IT'S A MAJOR TRIUMPH.
>> THE SHIRTS COST ABOUT
$100.
THE PANTS, $190.
INSURANCE COMPANIES VARY ON