This week’s Get Yourself Active Personal Experience Blog comes from Sue Kent of Mumbles, Wales.
My name is Sue Kent and I am a sports massage therapist with a difference – I use my feet to provide massage in my clinic in Wales. I am the first person to gain this qualification using my feet and have had the privilege to work at the Paralympics in 2012. I have full use of my legs but 8″ arms and 7 fingers.
My disability was caused by the drug thalidomide. Thalidomiders, as we are collectively known, were all born in the late 1950s and early 1960s. There are just under 500 of us still alive in the UK today.
As a result of my condition I use my body in different ways to cope with normal everyday physical tasks. Exercise is one of the major factors that can prevent and often reverse some of the effects of the constant wear and tear on my body.
You can read Sue’s full blog on the Get Yourself Active website
