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Written by Claire Martin - The Denver Post
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Monday, 13 April 2009 |
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Article Source: The Denver Post
Writtten by - Claire Martin - April 13th, 2009
Therapy "a 24/7 job": Ten years after a skiing accident, Leah Potts stays driven.
Ten years ago, Leah Potts was a patient at Craig Hospital, after a skiing accident that broke her neck and damaged her spinal cord. The first doctors she saw warned her she might never walk again.
Today, Potts teaches Spinning, the popular and intense indoor group bicycling class. The Aspen resident can walk (with a cane). She skis again (with outriggers). And she blogs about her progress at leahpotts.com. "I remember lying there in bed at the beginning," she said. "I remember lying there thinking, 'OK, this doesn't sound too good. I have two choices: Lie here and cry about it, or get up and do something about it.' I was 23 years old. I'd just graduated from college. I felt like my life was just beginning."
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