Nashville, Tenn. – Baptist Sports Medicine is pleased to announce the addition of the NESS L300 Foot Drop System to their Downtown Plaza Baptist Sports Medicine clinic.

The device, which received the prestigious Gold 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award, will be used as a part of a comprehensive neurological rehabilitation program in an effort to help patients regain mobility.

“We are thrilled to offer this incredibly advanced technology to our patients. As a complement to our comprehensive neurological rehabilitation program, it will help achieve more long-term results in half the time,” said Trent Nessler, managing director of Baptist Sports Medicine. “When patients’ regain the ability to walk again and with proper gait, we help them recapture their independence and a sense of normalcy -- we help them improve their quality of life.”

The NESS L300 Foot Drop System is a non-invasive, advanced neuroprosthesis indicated for treatment of foot drop -- a condition where the muscles in the foot are too weak to properly lift the foot and toes while walking. Foot drop typically occurs in patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, and incomplete spinal cord injury.

Using Functional Electronic Stimulation, the NESS L300 applies low-level electrodes to stimulate nerves in the leg in order to contract the muscles that lift the foot while walking. The L300 has three main parts that use wireless communication to “talk” to each other.

Funding for the device was made possible with a grant from the Saint Thomas Health Services’ Verne Allen Neurosciences Fund.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (615)284-7555.

Baptist Sports Medicine, a division of Saint Thomas Health Services, provides healthcare, sports medicine and outpatient rehabilitation services. With over 40 licensed therapists, we have the right specialist for you. Our clinics are conveniently located throughout Middle Tennessee and we offer Sports/Orthopedic rehab, Neurological physical, occupational and speech therapy, Lymphedema, Vestibular rehab, Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Worker’s Comp/FCEs, pediatric physical, occupational and speech therapy, and speech/voice therapy.