Apparatus and method of training human brain and body to walk using modular an exoskeleton

A method to assist a user to perform functions such as walking, comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of subsystems configured to be progressively removed to provide decreasing levels of lower trunk and leg support;
• said plurality of subsystems include a waist support subsystem, upper leg subsystem, lower leg subsystem and foot retention subsystem;
• said waist support subsystem includes a curved base having two terminal ends, a top edge and a bottom edge, a vertical extension located in the middle of said curved base, a strap removably attached to one or both of said terminal ends, said waist support subsystem is first removed;
• said waist support subsystem connected to said upper leg subsystem by brackets and pins to form an articulating connection between said waist support subsystem and said upper leg subsystem;
• said pins located at or near a hip joint when in use;
• said top edge is located above the hip joint and said lower edge extends down into the glute when in use;
• said waist support subsystem system further includes a rigid back support component with a vertical extension that provides support up a small of a back;
• said upper leg subsystem includes two elongated plates, said plates removably connected to said waist support system near said terminal ends, said upper leg subsystem removed after said waist support subsystem;
• said lower leg subsystem includes two elongated plates, said plates removably connected to said upper leg subsystem to form an articulating connection, said lower leg subsystem removed after said upper leg subsystem;
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• said foot retention subsystem includes two foot retainers, said foot retainers removably connected to said lower leg subsystem to form an articulating connection, said foot retainers removed after said lower leg subsystem.