Bouncing Back: The story of an international gymnast who broke her neck, resulting in a spinal cord injury, and her long road to recovery.

by Natalie O'Connor

In 2007, at just 24 years old, Natalie O'Connor a promising Great Britain trampolinist had an accident while training, breaking her neck and sustaining a career ending and life changing spinal cord injury. Natalie found herself having life saving surgery at St. Georges hospital, London, while her family were "She will never walk again". She remained in intensive care and on life support before finally being offered bed at the Royal National Orthopaedic hospital, Stanmore, where she would literally take her very first steps towards her rehabilitation. This inspirational story shows Natalie's pure courage, determination and perseverance to prove her doctors wrong and get back on her feet. It documents Natalie's rehabilitation physically from learning to breathe unaided to walking again and mentally as she adjusts to life after sport. It will leave you amazed, uplifted and in awe at what can be achieved when all hope seems to have gone.

55 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2019

Reviews

[MR S STEWART · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspirational

A true insight into an athlete's mind. How the athlete's attitude to changes is so different to many people...determination to achieve any goal set. Highly recommend reading this.
Natalie you are inspirational!

[Katherine Lancaster-Usher · Rating 4 out of 5]

A tale of great courage and determination

Short but engaging insight into the life of an international sports person and their fight to get their life back after a near fatal and life changing injury.

[Jennifer Assimakopoulos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic read

Wow I read this in one sitting-and that's says a lot! Natalie you are truly inspirational, thank you for sharing your story.