I wish a train could run me over and finally end this.”, I quietly whispered to myself.

It was a cold winter morning on a New Year’s Day back in 2020.

All the people were laying in bed, tired of last night’s celebrations.

I was laying in mine, tired of the pain.

Tired of waking up every day with the same problem.

Tired of fear…

…Exactly 12 months earlier, I was injured by a trainer at my boxing gym.

He pushed me too hard while I was stretching out, rupturing my tendon and three hamstring muscles.

Four weeks later, while still recovering from the injury, my back was slowly starting to hurt, causing my left leg & toes to go numb. All the time.

Turned out, the hamstring injury fucked up my back as well.

I was completely devastated.

“How long it will take for me to recover? Will I ever be able to box again? Will I ever be able to dance?”

You see, not only is boxing the love of my life, but I’m a passionate dancer as well.

The very thought of not being able to dance again made me not want to wake up anymore.

Perhaps you can’t understand my feelings, and I hope you never will have to, but this is exactly what was going through my mind at the time.

And I didn’t want to throw my life away.

So in two and a half years – I tried everything.

I spent all of my savings on magical doctors and countless therapies that never produced any results.

To be specific, I spent a bit over 20,000 EUR.

Nothing.

No progress. No hope. Just deep darkness.

“Dina, you’ll never be able to box again.”, “You’ll have to learn how to live with pain.”, were the answers I was getting from every door I knocked on…

…Until I met Simon.

This is the moment that changed my life forever.

He gave me a training program that I needed to follow to recover.

At first, I didn’t believe it’ll work, but what did I have to lose?

So I gave it a shot.

Fast forward 6 weeks, I was back on the punch bag.

I had to be extremely careful, but throwing the jabs without any pain was already a miracle.

Today, 7 months later, my leg goes numb maybe once a month, and I very rarely feel any back pain.

I’m still not able to do all the punches & motions, but I’m getting there.

And when I hear the beats of Dr. Dre, I dance just like I used to dance before.

People often approach me, wondering if I’ve been smoking crack or something.

That means I’m definitely back to my old self. :)

No matter what I do in my life, I’ll never ever be able to repay Simon for what he’s done for me.

Writing this story was far from easy, and bringing back those memories made me tear up again.

But I hope it’ll help you make up your mind.

If you’re in pain, do yourself a favor, and listen to his advice.

It’ll change your life forever.