C. Lee McKenzie has a new release out called SHATTERED, and she's sharing an inspiring story with us.
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One Woman’s Road to Independence:
A Brief Account of a Paraplegic who Returned to an Active Life in Sports
by C. Lee McKenzie
In her daily exercise program, she included pull-ups, push-ups, catching and throwing a ball, bicep curls, extended arm raises with weights, shoulder shrugging. All of these contributed to keeping her body healthy and in shape, but her legs still couldn't bear her weight, even if she used a standing frame. However, standing on her feet was one of her goals, and she never lost sight of it.
She learned to crawl face-first into her chair, and to recover if she slipped and fell. In her biography, she expressed gratitude for all those upper arm exercises that gave her the quadricep strength she needed.
