For women winning, now I'll tell you a story .. . to Monique Van der Vorst the Dutch athlete who has recovered the use of his legs after 13 years, thanks to an accident.
was over in a wheelchair after an operation on his ankle.
After spending half his life in a wheelchair, paralyzed in the legs, the icon of the sport parolimpico has started walking.
It was never done by bad press, but life, this time, has played a wonderful joke .
Two accidents within a few months, while training for London 2012 , have probably triggered a miracle that science has difficulty explaining.
Life Monique's had changed when he was 13 years old and a promise of 'hockey lawn.
A routine surgery to his ankle turned into a nightmare, left paralyzed , the operated leg first, then in the space of one year to another.
The doctors could not explain.
were sport and extraordinary competitive spirit that has always reinforced the character of this girl to avoid depression.
"Sport has given me self-esteem : I changed my way of thinking, looking at the possibility, no longer the limit."
This year the new shocking change of scene: the two incidents.
"After the impact I felt a strange tingling in my legs." Monique says .
She was diagnosed with a spinal cord injury, but the tingling in my legs and kept from visits specialist physicians were again without words.
's a mystery.
In medicine usually does not happen a recovery of spinal cord injury after so many years - says Valter Santilli , Professor of Physical Medicine at Sapienza University of Rome.
While Monique says, smiling
"For me now, now begins a new challenge, racing was a passion, now it's tough because have to find new goals in life. One thing is certain, I will return to run again ".
Well, sometimes miracles do happen.
Did I tell you the wonderful story of Monique , because I want that you continue to hope and strive for a better tomorrow. A hug
Giancarlo Fornei
Motivational Trainer , Writer & Mental Coach
"The Coach of Women"
Source: The Nation
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