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are you doing?

Trying to just put your hair on... Just

leave it,

just leave it. It's fine. Elsa,

please, please,

please,

be nice to this physical therapist,

okay?

He came really highly recommended by

your coach,

Hartmut.

Hartmut isn't even my coach anymore.

And he never will be again.

You know,

you...

The good news is,

you have partial use of your legs,

and anything can happen,

you know?

Things turn around. You hear about it

all the time in the news. The doctor

told me to just give up on doing

gymnastics again. Mom,

you were there!

You heard him?

You're still young. And there's things

now that didn't used to exist a long

time ago. Different things you can do.

My whole life was gymnastics. My whole

future was the Olympics. Sponsors?

I was supposed to be the new face of

Athena Athletics. Now that

's all gone and you're telling me,"

Oh,

there are other things that I can do."

Just...

Elsa,

just please,

please,

just try to keep an open mind. And

we're just going to take this one day

at a time. I think he's here,

okay?

Okay... Mom,

brakes!

I got it!

I got it!

Let go!

Thank you!

Mrs.

Mumps?

Yes!

Hi, Mark. Mark,

nice to meet you. Thank you. Thank you

for inviting me. Mom!

Before

we go in there,

I wanted

to let you know that Elsa is...

She's a little difficult. And,

um... It's been

hard for her,

as you can imagine. Yeah,

I can imagine,

from what you told me with the phone.

Um...

Also, anything she might say,

um... Please don't take it personally.

It's... You know,

ever since the accident,

it has been a real adjustment. I have a

lot of experience with... Okay,

great. Okay,

good. I just wanted to... Um...

She's this way. Okay,

great.

Thank you.

Elsa?

So,

um... I'm gonna go run some errands.

I'll be back in about an hour and a

half. Okay,

great. Alright. Thanks.

So,

I went through the summary from your

doctors,

and they say you have partial use of

your legs. Yeah,

I'll be on the balance beam in no time.

Well, I don't think... I think a

future in gymnastics for you,

uh... right now,

is slimmed and done. I know that. Well,

I'll

tell you why I'm here. My purpose is to

help you exercise

your supporting muscles. Your joints,

your tendons,

and ligaments. Because of non-use,

they're gonna get softer,

they're gonna get weaker. So,

that's what I do,

is I help you strengthen those areas.

And, um, also,

I can introduce you to some other

sports. I

'm in a wheelchair. I can't walk. Have

you ever

heard of the Paralympics?

The Olympics for

handicapped people?

Fuck you!

I was number one in the United States

of Pan Ams. I made it on the U.S. team

for the Olympics. And now you have the

nerve to tell me,"

Oh, hey,

it's okay. You can go and do Handicap

Olympics!"

You know

what, Elsa?

You're right. You don't have

to do anything. You've

already been sitting in your wheelchair

for nine months,

feeling sorry for yourself,

so why stop?

You

know, how's that

pity party working out for you?

Listen.

You got

in a car accident. You damaged your

spine. And that sucks. But at

least your life

was spared. You know,

last year my sister got in a car

accident. She died.

And my nephews and my nieces don't have

a mother. And I am very sure that she

would trade places with you in a

heartbeat so that she could be alive

and with her family.

Now,

you can't do gymnastics anymore.

That's the worst thing that happened to

you?

Good

luck. Wait,

Mark. I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry

for your loss. I don't

mean to be like this. I'm sorry.

I'm just frustrated.

You have every

right to be frustrated. I mean,

I can't even imagine what you're going

through. There's something you

need to remember. You can't let your

circumstances define you. You hear what

I'm

saying?

Do you think

so?

I think.

I think anything is

possible. You can do anything you set

your mind to. But you have to stop

feeling sorry for yourself. So,

do you want

my help?

Yes.

What we

're going

to do is we're going to start on your

core. That's the most important

thing. So,

I'm

going to

bring you down to the floor.

Let me...

Is it okay if I use this blanket?

Yeah, it's fine. The reason why we

're starting with the core is

because that's where

all of your internal organs,

everything

that keeps you alive,

needs to be protected by

your abdomen and your back. I'm going

to lift you

out and I'm going to put you on the

floor. Put your arm around my neck.

Thank you.

Comfortable?

Dis

comfort?

Just my lower back,

really. You want

a pillow for your head?

Let me get you a pillow for your head.

Okay.

So, your core will be

down to your hip bones. It will

be through

your front,

your rib

cage, and your lower back.

That's where your injury was. It was in

your spine,

right?

Yes. So,

how far down do you have feeling?

Um, I mean,

I don't know. I just... My legs. Do you

have feeling here?

Barely. Yeah.

A little. A little bit?

A little bit there?

Yeah. I can feel that,

yeah. What I want you to do is just

start concentrating on your breathing.

I want to strengthen your diaphragm. So,

what I want you to do

is put your back in your back. You're

going to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're

going to be in your back. You're

going to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're going to be

in your back. You're going to be in

your back. You're going to be in your

back. You're going to be in your back.

You're going

to be in your back. You're going to be

in your back. You're going to be in

your back. You're going to be in your

back. You're going to be in your back.

You're going to be in your back. You're

going to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're going to be

in your back. You're going to be in

your back. You're going to be in your

back.

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going to be in your

back. You're going to be in your back.

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going to be

in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're

going to be in your back. You're

going to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're going to

be in your back. You're going to be in

your back. You're going to be in your

back. You're going to be in your back.

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going to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're going to be

in your

back. You're going to be in your back.

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going to be in your back. You're going

to be in your back. You're going to be

in your back. You're

going to be in your back.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.