Man with Parkinson’s Demonstrates How Deep Brain Stimulation Helped Him Regain Use of His Hands

A man who has been battling Parkinson’s disease for seven years shared a video on TikTok demonstrating the astounding results that deep brain stimulation has had on his ability to use his hands.

Justin Fields, a 35-year-old Knoxville, Tenn., resident, shared a video on TikTok of himself eating cereal with a spoon with the help of his deep brain stimulator, a device that is surgically implanted in the brain and helps people with Parkinson’s control their moments and tremors.

In the video, which was recorded by Fields’ fiancée Emily Norris, he first demonstrates how his body functions without the stimulator. Fields can clearly be seen struggling to pick up the cereal bowl in front of him and raise the spoon to his mouth to take a bite. But after switching the device back on, Fields is able to eat the cereal with relative ease.