Curtis Anderson
Alberta Cowboy Poetry Association, Canada
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Neurol Neurophysiol
Curtis Anderson will be presenting his road to recovery after receiving an extremely severe traumatic brain injury while bull riding. This professional bullrider be sharing how it happened, the different steps of recovery that he went through: learning to talk, walk and regaining the use of his left arm. The presentation will also address brain injury awareness and recovery as well as helmet safety and repeat concussion awareness. There will be a power point presentation showing the progress in his 16 years of recovery and a demonstration of how he is now able to use his left arm.
Curtis was a professional bull rider, from Minburn, Alberta, Canada. Curtis was in a rodeo accident 16 years ago. That took away his ability to walk, talk or move his left arm. Curtis’s will, inner strength and drive have propelled him to still be making a miraculous recovery. Beyond what the health professionals, family and friends ever imagined! Curtis spent a week short of a year in therapy. Curtis is here to share his powerful and inspiring story, giving others a new outlook on life. In Curtis’s mind, there is no such thing as “I Can’t”.
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