Speaking from my own experience and observer of other family members with brain injury who were at the pearly gates and came back, exercise has to be one of the keys in recovery. But one should always continue with it.

We were fortunate in having a good Physio who showed me how to exercise paitents when bed ridden. I used these exercises to good advantage never knowing I would need it for myself!

I look at what my son and a cousin have achieved since their accidents, when both were given so little hope and it is my firm belief that exercise, their stubbornness and refusal to give up stood them in good stead. One now cycles for miles, the other walked for miles, both of them having had to relearn how to walk, talk, eat etc etc.

I smile when they are called 'walking miracles'.