July 7, 2004 I was rear ended by a guy doing 80km/hr and I was stopped. I lost all rotation in my neck, tore all the muscles and stretched all the ligaments in my back and neck. Needless to say I endured years of physio therapy and prolotherapy.  Three years ago they started to do ablations on my neck.  This is where they laser off an inch of the nerve and it gives you 8-12 months of pain free living.  I had six nerves done in my neck.

Life was getting pretty good for about nine months of the year.  I wasn’t back to my normal self but I was at about 80%.  Just had the ablations done last July and just when I was starting to recover I was hit again!  I have been going to physio since September.  I was talking to my physiotherapist one day and she asked me why I was scared to move.  I had spent three months walking around and protecting myself because everything hurt!

That’s when I decided to do something about it and I signed up for the Get RIPPED!® Bootcamp.  I was scared to death when I first started.  Scared I would cause worse damage but really what could be worse.  I felt like my life had been taken over by my pain.  Bootcamp has given me so much….I am a better happier mother, wife, employee and friend.  I have spent years alienating myself from everyone because I didn’t want to talk about it. Three weeks ago I ran for 50 minutes on the treadmill with Darren, when I left the gym I sat in my truck and cried because I actually did it!

I still have pain and I still go to physio every week but I’m in such a better place and so much stronger.  This is not a story I tell often.   The instructors that run the Get RIPPED!® Bootcamp are such great motivators and really great people.  I can hardly wait to sign up for the next one.