Sit-ups are this type of standard strength-training exercise, you never think you could be seriously injured doing one. But that’s what happened to?a 23-year-old Brazilian law graduate and fitness model-and her recovery?continues to be simply miraculous.
In January 2016,?Marcelle Mancuso was at a fitness center doing inverted sit-ups (which means your ankles are in the air high and your head lower near the floor)?while strapped right into a bench. A?trainer who had been spotting her also held?her feet as she did her sit-ups.
“The band that held my feet broke and that i hit my directly the floor, smashing the cervical spine and immediately became tetraplegic,” she tells Health. “I lost all movement from the neck down.”
Also referred to as quadriplegia, tetraplegia is the paralysis of both the upper and lower parts of the body-including the fingers, hands, arms, chest, legs, feet, and toes. Tetraplegia?can also limit mobility from the head, neck, and shoulders,?states?the University of Alabama Med school.?
After the injury, which left her without the use of her legs and arms, Mancuso states that doctors put a titanium plate and six screws in her neck to realign her spine.
“The doctors didn’t know basically would walk again,” she says. “I was scared however i fought. I have been resilient and dedicated myself every single day to my physiotherapy.”
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Never quit! Mens sana in corpore sano! Come?ando a segunda-feira com treinamento funcional, aos cuidados do meu amigo e fisioterapeuta, Doutor Juliano Pereira! N?o existe trauma quando se faz aquilo que ama! Hoje prezo pela minha integridade e bem estar, em primeiro lugar. Obrigada, Deus! Procurar evoluir e vencer, sempre! Quanto aos meus medos? Nem me lembro mais. #gomarci #imback #nevergiveup #mentes?corpos?o ??????????
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