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- Paralympic silver-medalist Monique van der Vorst has been paralyzed from the hip down since she was 13 years old. During a routine surgical procedure on her ankle, Van Der Vorst suffered nerve damage which resulted in her paralysis, and ended her up-and-coming career in tennis and hockey. Keeping her athletic spirit alive, she turned to the sport of handcycling and within a few years was on her way to the 2008 Beijing Paralympics where she won two silver medals. While training for the 2012 London Paralympics, Van Der Vorst was struck by a bicycle and knocked from her chair. During her recovery, she miraculously began to regain feeling in her legs. She took her first steps in July 2010, saying she felt “like a child learning to walk again.” She has now taken up cycling and is training to compete in the next Olympics. Doctors still have no explanation as to how she regained the use of her legs.
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(via NBC Sports)
There are no sufficient words for how many kinds of wow this is.
It awesome to say the least when your legs work again. I lost the total use of my left leg in s motocross accident and then on the tenth day my toes could move, today over two years later I can run again. Life is full of surprises to say the least. AWEDOME FOR HER
i wonder what kind of bicycle jesus rides?
Row Row Fight The Powa
WOW!
Something isn't right. Judging by her pictures on regular wheelchair, for 12 years she managed to prevent any muscle atrophy – something normal for people not using their legs on daily basis. That's simply impossible, even under physical rehabilitation. My friends rehabilitation, after having both legs broken in accident, took 8 months to full recovery. And he spent only 2 month in waist down cast, not 12 years. And after a year she's doing serious cycling? Yeah, right. Till now she should be learning how to walk again.
if she get struck by lightning, she'll get superpowers. that is a fact.
Absolutely, everyone knows that.
In New Zealand we have a saying. TUMEKE! Which means Too much! Well done.
The info on her web site tells a different story on the paralysis…just as much a miracle….BUT…
http://www.moniquevandervorst.com/Monique_Van_Der…
Hold on a second…back up…how the hell did a routine surgical procedure on her ankle cause her to be paralyzed from the waist down? I admit, I'm no doctor, but nerve damage in one region of the body isn't something that just "spreads."
Now she can feel it when i lick in between her toes
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