Category: Health
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86 year-old swimmer with MS defies expectations
Sudbury’s Derald Balson competes in swimming at a national le​vel at the age of 86. That’s pretty impressive but consider also that he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis more than 40 years ago. Swimming using only his arms, he won two gold medals last month at the Canada 55 Plus Games in Strathcona County, Alberta.…
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Swimming: Why you should take the plunge
Swimming lowers stress levels, increases muscle tone and strength, increases flexibility, and improves heart and lung health, not to mention it is low impact and great on your joints. Swimming burns 500-600 calories for every hour of swimming (depending on the intensity of your workout). Swimming is a sport for both novice swimmers and top…
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Amy Van Dyken-Rouen on faith, recovery and if she’ll walk again
Champion swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen says she’s a more spiritual person since the June ATV accident that severed her spine and left her paralyzed. “You’re like, you know what, there’s something bigger and better than me,” the Olympic gold medalist told TODAY’s Matt Lauer in an exclusive interview Friday. “Maybe you should focus on it…
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Sumo wrestler tackles Utah’s Bear Lake
A former sumo champion has accomplished something that only four other people have done: swimming back and forth across Utah’s Bear Lake. The swim would be tough for just about anyone, but consider that Kelly Gneiting is pulling 430 pounds of his own weight. The Idaho native says he did it partly for himself, but…
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Van der Burgh may face shoulder surgery
South Africa’s Olympic swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh is hoping to avoid surgery over a troublesome shoulder, saying the next two months will be crucial in determining how to resolve the problem. The 26-year-old has been struggling with pain recently as a result of non-stop competition, his most recent being the SA Short Course…
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Amy Van Dyken-Rouen goes sailing Friday with other Craig Hospital patients
Olympic swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen joined other patients at her rehabilitation hospital for a day of boating. Courtesy of 7NEWS on YouTube
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Swimmer Overcomes Shattered Spine, Swims in the Ocean for the First Time
Feeling Inspired? Go skydiving, profess your love, swim with sharks, make your friend’s day! Capture these moments and share with the world. Courtesy of The Weinstein Company on YouTube http://youtu.be/rEu-Hj31tdM
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James Magnussen cleared of serious back injury
James Magnussen will battle on with a degenerative back for the rest of his swimming career after scans revealed the extent of the damage to the injury that plagued his Commonwealth Games. Magnussen still walked away from Glasgow with two gold medals, but swam in pain towards the end of the meet. While the injury…
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Virginia swimmer fights bacteria eating away at his leg
Doctors say a Stafford, Virginia man will be able to keep his leg after contracting dangerous bacteria while swimming in the Potomac River. For the Fourth of July holiday, Joe Wood and his wife Jeana visited family near Callao, Virginia and swam in a Potomac River inlet. “We were jumping off the dock, throwing sticks…