My Story...
Hi I’m Alex and I’m a marine engineer, while working out in the Caribbean in 2006 during some leisure time I went swimming and my whole life changed in an instant... I hit my head on a sand bank and broke my neck. The vertebrae at c5 fractured and c6 broke into three parts one of which damaged my spinal cord, leaving me paralysed from the chest down. More
Pain
July 5th, 2009 | Add Comment |

Pain never leaves.. you just get used to it

and again..
July 5th, 2009 | Add Comment |

9.4 miles with my leg bike, using the electrical stimulant to fire off my muscles (FES), and now getting ready for a hydro session.. (the film “ground hog day”  comes to mind…) unfortunately with an injury such as mine, repetition is the key.. and as with any muscle – use it or lose it! and as shitty as it is.. i’m still not prepared to give up – no-one knows what tomorrow will bring.