A survivor, not a victim, Justin Smith turned the results of a near-fatal hijacking into a personal journey to beat the odds. Told that he was unlikely to ever walk again, Justin chose to prove everyone wrong. A journey of recovery which began in 2004 had some incredible and unexpected outcomes: he walked again in 2007 and has used his experience to help others, with the opening of Just Walk Bionics, a new rehabilitation centre in Rivonia (Gauteng). Even more excitingly, the centre is the official reference centre for Ekso Bionics in South Africa, and is the first certified Ekso centre of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Unlike any other centre on the continent, Just Walk Bionics offers patients the opportunity to walk in Ekso, a bionic battery-operated walking suit.
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