The woman could only run backwards

Due to a rare neurological disorder, a middle-aged woman can only run backwards, instead of moving forward like a normal person.

Laura Cattivera, 46, from California, USA is diagnosed with focal dystonia , a disease that affects a muscle or group of muscles, causing unintended pain and discomfort. unusual. Athletes and artists playing instruments are most susceptible to this disease due to excessive use of certain muscles while performing a certain movement.

However, Ms. Cattivera discovered, if running backwards, the spasms of pain would not prevent her training. The woman stressed: "I am always passionate about running and nothing can stop me from doing it, including a rare neurological disorder".

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Running is a sport that Ms. Cattivera pursues all her life. She had successfully competed in the Princeton Athletics shirt and even qualified for the Olympic face contests in 1992. However, in 1989, Cattivera began to notice a The number of abnormal physical characteristics is silently harmful when she sprints.

In the Olympic athletics competition, strange symptoms caused Cattivera to repeatedly slam into the track barrier and finish the position near the end. Cattivera said, after visiting "millions of different types of doctors" , magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography, . she finally found that localized muscular dystrophy caused her left leg to move. not following control and contracting to one side, leading to "misery" cannot run in a straight line.

Localized muscular dystrophy can be treated with Botox injections, to paralyze the affected muscle, help relieve symptoms. However, in the case of Cattivera, the affected muscles are too deep, unable to isolate for Botox injections. She also tried the medicine for Parkinson's patients, but the effect gradually faded over time.

Without giving up her passion for running, Ms. Cattivera tested both new ways of running, initially moving along the zigzag line. It was not until she met Dr. Nicholas Szumski that she was advised to run backwards effectively.