{"id":54586,"date":"2021-08-31T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/?p=54586"},"modified":"2021-08-31T15:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:36:27","slug":"swimming-jenny-hudson-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/sia\/swimming-jenny-hudson-paralympics\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s all going swimmingly | Jenny Hudson #Paralympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words by Jenny Hudson<\/em><\/p>\n

After being injured in October 2018 after falling off a horse, I was paralysed at T5 and became a wheelchair user. Before my accident I was very active and independent, and I was also newly married to my wonderful husband.<\/p>\n

However, the BIG question for me, once I was out of rehab and back in the big wide world with all my able bodied friends, was how do I keep fit?<\/p>\n

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Swimming has always been part of my fitness routine especially as I got older. It provided great aerobic but low impact exercise that was sympathetic to a well-used body.<\/p>\n

I swum while I was in rehab but finding a suitable pool near me was a problem \u2013 the local public pools were too cold, and the changing rooms were useless with limited accessibility for wheelchair users.<\/p>\n

Luckily for me, my husband is a builder (I did well) so I came up with the idea of building an accessible pool that we would rent out to others to help cover the costs.<\/p>\n

Swimming as a paraplegic is amazing you can almost forget your paralysed. There is no pressure on any part of your body, and you can work up quite a puff.<\/p>\n

There is also no fear of falling and because of that you can push yourself more than perhaps you would on dry land. It does come with its own set of problems which need some thought.<\/p>\n

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Here are some examples of what I do as a disabled swimmer:<\/p>\n