Strength for Health
The sports world provides the rest of the world with many inspiring examples of spectacular recoveries from life-threatening injuries to regain top condition and become a champion. Surfer Owen Wright’s recovery after a devastating wipeout in 2015 is the kind of comeback many long for to put the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us. At the 2015 World Surfing League championship, Wright fell from a 15-foot wave, which swept his body through the ocean and left him unconscious with serious injuries. The brain injuries made him unable to walk or exercise, let alone surf again. But he persevered with a demanding physical rehabilitation regimen and focused on his long-term goals of peak performance. ...
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