A Christmas miracle, the paralysed elite gymnast Imke Glas from the Netherlands, could walk again. Last year, Imke was fallen on vault. she would be paralysed for the rest of het life. The doctor said, the change to walk ever again was/is 0.1%. because she had an incomplete dwarsleasie. Imke glas fight to walk, recently she made her first steps. Incredible said her fahter. she goes to fast, that doctors try slow down the little girl. the chance that she gets a repercussion is there. watch her websit: http://www.imkeglas.nl http://www.imkeglas.nl/foto%20imke%20hal1.jpg http://www.imkeglas.nl/foto%20imke%20hal2.jpg imke is the one with the grey clothes, she said: 'ones I will stand on my hands again.'

Congratulations Imke!! What a comeback; that is great news. Thanks for posting it Michele.

Wow! That is so awesome that Imke is getting better!! Michele: Does she plan on returning to competitive gymnastics?

[quote="dw"]Wow! That is so awesome that Imke is getting better!! Michele: Does she plan on returning to competitive gymnastics?[/quote] She couldn't move her hands enough. So she couldn't do bars. but one dag she will do a 'radslag' I don't know the english word... :$ or stand on her hands... now she couldn't run, and walk for a long time, when I now she did do some gymnastic skill I will write it...

radslag: do you mean handstand? Congratulations Imke on your progress! Here is youtube on Imke's rehab. added 12/18/07 [youtube]NCIQG4IPscA[/youtube] Montage on Imke's gymnastics [youtube]tL6_ieta5qA[/youtube]