Truly Inspiring – “Disabled” veteran re-enables himself
From: YRG Workout
Arthur Boorman is 5′8” 297 pounds and 47 years old. Arthur’s has 3 kids, 5 cats and works over 70 hours a week as a special educator where he teaches kids and adults with learning disabilities. In Arthur’s youth he was paratrooper with US Army. After 14 years of service and well over 500 jumps he was ready to retire. That’s when he got called up for the first Gulf War. Unfortunately Arthur was sent home early from that War “permanently” disabled. Allowing his injuries to dictate his life, he gained more and more weight until it eventually threatened his life. Something had to change, so Arthur tried YRG. He listened to the inspirational CD that Dallas Page included with the order entitled “Own Your Life”. Arthur began his exercise program, changed his eating habits and took control of his lifestyle. In 10 months he lost 120 pounds. His braces and crutches have been retired. He went from needing straps and a chair to achieve the YRG positions, now he teaches them. Arthur is an inspiration to all that know him, press play on the video that chronicles his journey, and let him inspire you too! [ed: cleaned up the text some]
Stories like this where people overcome the disabilities that people say you can’t overcome really hit me close to home, as a year ago my cousin was “permanently” disabled when she was hit by a car crossing the street to work. She was rushed into surgery, they had to fuse two of her vertabrea by going through her throat. The doctors said she would probably never walk again and was lucky to have some control of her arms and hands, she told them “Bullshit, I will walk again” or something similar, I believed her. After I had arrived to visit her in the hospital, a couple days after the accident and subsequent surgery, she promised she would walk again and like out the movie Kill Bill, had managed to wiggle her big toe just before I had to leave to get my flight. She moved on to physio, the fastest they had ever seen in a person with her type of spinal injury. A few months later her sister uploaded a video of her talking steps without assistance and honestly brought me to tears and even thinking about it now over a year later evokes such strong pride in her. I strive to have as much determination and strength of character as people like my cousin and Arthur Boorman.
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