What's the first thing you notice about Sue Seeger's golf swing? Perhaps you need a better view. "Granted I can't use my hand but I'm doing everything that everybody else can do."
Eighteen-years-ago, Sue lost most of the mobility on the entire right side of her body. "It's really hard to put into words what a stroke, what that does to change your life." She was only 20 years old when it happened. "What, that moment can feel like when you're in a bed and you don't feel like you'll be able to do things that you used to do."
With a little help though things have changed. "It was literally impossible, I had one dead arm that would just hang there and one arm that I could use." Not through physical therapy, not through physical rehabilitation - but through a device. "She has taught me that it's a very tough world out there, it's tough for them."
Most great inventions are born from necessity... and sue just wanted to cook, golf, rake again... which is where Mike Duncan comes in. "You can put it on the side, you can put it underneath." It, is officially called lend a hand... essentially the devices allows people who are physically challenged to hold on to objects their hands can no longer grasp.
"Even though you and I may not like raking, they want to be back doing those things," says Mike Duncan, inventor. The long time lake city resident is no stranger to new inventions... but this, is by far the most rewarding thing he's come up with.
"Now she's back hitting a golf 150 yards with one arm, can you believe it?..."
Lend a hand costs about $70. Mike says so far he's had about one thousand of them manufactured.
