THE COMBINED HEALING POWERS OF TENNIS AND T'AI CHI.

Meet Jason. He loves tennis and was a promising National Junior player. At the age of 14, a freak shoulder injury unfortunately ended is tennis ambitions. Fast forwarding to the present, he recently suffered a brain aneurysm and is using his love of tennis to help fire up damaged neurons and retrain his brain in many aspects, including spatial awareness. Using the practice wall and also long sessions of serving, the repetition of hitting tennis balls is all part of his program for his physical and cognitive recovery. He has a positive and determined attitude and is working very hard to reach his mental and physical goals.

JASON'S JOURNEY
Fifteen months ago, I had a massive brain haemorrhage. I was put into an induced coma, and no one expected me to pull through...I did. I spent a further month in intensive care where I had further complications: meningitis, seizure, retinal aneurysm, hydrocephalus and a shunt operation. Each time I came back from almost certain death. How? I believe it was T'ai Chi Qigong. I've practiced Qigong for 30 years. When I was bed-ridden in intensive care, I did Qigong as a meditation in my mind. As soon as I was able, I did Qigong, with my drip and tubes next to me, in intensive care. I was deaf, blind in one eye with Terson's Syndrome, paralysed in my right foot and in a pretty bad state! Today, whilst I still have brain injury issues, I'm completely recovered physically. The medics think it's possible that my incredible recovery (especially my retina - the complete resolution of which is medically unprecedented) might be down to the repetitive nature of T'ai Chi Qigong causing the reformation of neural pathways in my brain.

Today I'm stronger and more flexible than ever, I'm still in recovery and have lots to overcome still with my brain injury, but Qigong has brought me back to life. Being able to get back on to the tennis court again is an absolutely joy and vital to my continuing recovery!

You can follow his remarkable progress on his Facebook page - CLICK HERE