Daiane dos Santos went in on Thursday for surgery on her right knee. She had a piece of titanium removed that had been implanted in an operation last year in October. Nobody expected her to be ready so soon.
The initial estimate of orthopedic Wagner Castropil was that the plate would not be removed until the end of the year. The object was used to correct the knee joint of the athlete. The doctor described Daiane's recovery as surprising.
"I didn't think we could do the surgery now. The forecast was more optimistic than could be anticipated. But Daiane has been very disciplined and motivated, which accelerated the process. I admire her even more now," he said in an interview.
"It is natural that for an athlete to be discouraged after a surgery. But she has remained in training, didn't put on weight, and never missed a single session of physiotherapy. She is very dedicated."
Daiane was also happy with the withdrawal of the plate which prevented her from training on all apparatus. "It's the first surgery which has gone so well. After recovering, I will need to strengthen my muscles."
Daiane has been training daily at the Pinheiros Sports Club in Sao Paolo, but only on UB. Now, she is thinking about returning to competition, which she only expected to be able to do next year.
"The goal is to be ready for Worlds this year. But most important is to be ready for the qualifying tournament for Pre-Olympic, which happens next year," she concluded.
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Wang Yan recovering from UB accident
From "People's Daily Online"
Teenager Wang Yan is walking, talking and text messaging her friends less than two years after suffering a nightmarish accident on the uneven bars that put her in a coma and was expected to leave her permanently paralyzed.
Wang, 17, no longer requires help with her day-to-day life after experiencing a miraculous recovery from surgery that saw her on crutches two months after her horrific tumble in the summer of 2007.
She said she is literally taking her rehabilitation one step at a time. "I am still walking very slowly and when I speed up, I lose my rhythm," she was quoted as saying by Sina.com.
Her doctors remain cautious about the level of muscular atrophy in the Chinese gymnast's left leg and both arms however and her training program has been tailored around these deficiencies.
"Her hands are pretty articulate," one of her doctors told the same Chinese portal, without providing his name. "She can knit, type on computers and send mobile phone messages like other people."
The aspiring star from Zhejiang province fell into a coma at the national gymnastics championships in Shanghai on June 10, 2007, after landing headfirst on the mat following her dismount from the uneven bars.
Despite the poor to non-existent odds of her walking again after fracturing her second and third vertebrae, Wang is getting faster by the day during her rehab sessions at the hospital attached to Zhejiang Vocational College of Sports.
Doctors there say she will need their assistance for another 12 months. After that, Wang will be able to do all her rehab at home - a program she will need to follow for the rest of her life.
To keep her mind occupied while her body recuperates, she has begun hitting the books.
"I expected to become a coach one day, before my injury, but now I hope to do some kind of civilian job for the gymnastics team," she said. "Since I have missed so much studying time, now is the perfect time to catch up."
Scary!...good luck for your recovery, Yan!
Teenager Wang Yan is walking, talking and text messaging her friends less than two years after suffering a nightmarish accident on the uneven bars that put her in a coma and was expected to leave her permanently paralyzed.
Wang, 17, no longer requires help with her day-to-day life after experiencing a miraculous recovery from surgery that saw her on crutches two months after her horrific tumble in the summer of 2007.
She said she is literally taking her rehabilitation one step at a time. "I am still walking very slowly and when I speed up, I lose my rhythm," she was quoted as saying by Sina.com.
Her doctors remain cautious about the level of muscular atrophy in the Chinese gymnast's left leg and both arms however and her training program has been tailored around these deficiencies.
"Her hands are pretty articulate," one of her doctors told the same Chinese portal, without providing his name. "She can knit, type on computers and send mobile phone messages like other people."
The aspiring star from Zhejiang province fell into a coma at the national gymnastics championships in Shanghai on June 10, 2007, after landing headfirst on the mat following her dismount from the uneven bars.
Despite the poor to non-existent odds of her walking again after fracturing her second and third vertebrae, Wang is getting faster by the day during her rehab sessions at the hospital attached to Zhejiang Vocational College of Sports.
Doctors there say she will need their assistance for another 12 months. After that, Wang will be able to do all her rehab at home - a program she will need to follow for the rest of her life.
To keep her mind occupied while her body recuperates, she has begun hitting the books.
"I expected to become a coach one day, before my injury, but now I hope to do some kind of civilian job for the gymnastics team," she said. "Since I have missed so much studying time, now is the perfect time to catch up."
Scary!...good luck for your recovery, Yan!
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