One of my friends came to visit me recently & told me about Scotty Cranmer & his story. He’s a really good example of someone who was pretty much at the top of his career, had a brain injury & did a lot of rehab, but he recovered with a LOT of determination.
Scotty Cranmer had facial fractures, a cerebral hemorrhage, a craniectomy (which actually removes part of your skull, where the brain swells against the skull)amongst other things.
How he got his TBI was when he was performing a trick on his BMX bike & the front wheel got trapped, so he crashed.
He had broken vertebrae, broken teeth & a brain craniectomy (which means part of obis skull had to be removed).
So quick, but completely changed his life. When he had his brain injury he was just 30, so not far from my 28.
Obviously I’ll do a bit of advertisement because I really do think he’s pretty awesome, so Scotty Cranmer still does a lot of BMX champions, he runs AC Action Sports, does regular updates of his YouTube channel, does plenty of mentoring & commentates several BMX events, for those who actually know more about BMX championships he’s paid attention to X Games.