Omwe Apulumuka Khansa ya M'mawere Apeza Kuti Njira Yakuchira Inalidi Pamadzi

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Kwa oyendetsa ndege omwe amatenga nawo gawo pa Mchira wa Fox Regatta ku De Pere, Wisconsin, masewerawa ndi bonasi pakufunsira ku koleji kapena njira yodzazira nthawi yowonjezera kumapeto kwa semester. Koma ku timu imodzi, mwayi wokhala pamadzi ndiwochuluka kwambiri, kuposa pamenepo.

Gulu ili, lotchedwa Recovery on Water (ROW), limapangidwa ndi odwala khansa ya m'mawere ndi opulumuka. Amayi amibadwo yambiri komanso mbiri yamasewera othamanga amaunjikana m'mabwato kuti apikisane-osati kupambana, koma chifukwa angathe. (Kumanani ndi amayi ambiri omwe ayamba kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti alandire matupi awo atatha khansa.)

Bungwe lochokera ku Chicago lidayamba mchaka cha 2007 ngati mgwirizano pakati pa omwe adapulumuka khansa ya m'mawere Sue Ann Glaser ndi mphunzitsi wapamtunda wa sekondale a Jenn Junk. Pamodzi, adakhazikitsa gulu lomwe limangothandiza azimayi kuchepetsa nkhawa ndikukhala athanzi, komanso limapereka chithandizo chamtundu umodzi chifukwa odwala mwa odwala. Sikuti amangothandizana mokwanira, akopa chidwi ndi osewera akulu pamakampani opanga masewera olimbitsa thupi: Zovala zamasewera za azimayi Athleta apereka zopereka ku bungwe polemekeza Mwezi Wodziwitsa Khansa ya M'mawere ndipo akuwonetsanso azimayi a ROW. mu kampeni yawo ya mwezi. (Zokhudzana: Muyenera-Dziwani Zambiri Zokhudza Khansa ya M'mawere)

"Ndikadapanda ROW, sindikudziwa ndikadakhala kuti ndikadakhala paulendo uno pakadali pano," akutero Kym Reynolds, 52, wopulumuka khansa ya m'mawere yemwe wakhala ali ndi ROW kuyambira 2014. "Ndinali ndi njira yabwino yothandizira ndi achibale anga ndi anzanga, koma amayiwa anandipangitsa kumva ngati ndine gawo la chinachake. Anandipatsa cholinga. ROW ikukumbutsani kuti simuli nokha pazochitika zomwe mukukumana nazo."

ROW amakonzekera ntchito chaka chonse, masiku asanu ndi awiri pa sabata. Mu masika, chirimwe, ndi kugwa, iwo amapalasa Mtsinje wa Chicago; m'nyengo yozizira, amachita zolimbitsa thupi zamagulu pamakina apakhomo oyenda. (Zogwirizana: Momwe Mungagwiritsire Ntchito Makina Othandizira Kuti Mukhale Ndi Ma Cardio Abwino)

Reynolds kale anali powerlifter ndipo anali wokangalika nthawi zonse, koma sanayese kupalasa mpaka atalowa ROW mu Marichi 2013, pafupifupi miyezi isanu ndi umodzi atachira kawiri.

Sali yekha. Mamembala ambiri sanakhudze bwato mpaka atadutsa pa ROW zitseko zotseguka. Robyn McMurray Hurtig, wazaka 53, adakondwerera chaka chachisanu ndi chitatu ndi ROW, ndipo tsopano akuti sakanatha kulingalira moyo wake popanda izi. "Pamene amatigwirira ntchito molimbika, ndimaganiza kuti, 'Ndine wopulumuka khansa ya m'mawere, chotsani! Sindingathe kuchita izi!' Koma simufunanso kukhala amene ati 'Sindingathe,' chifukwa muli ndi azimayi ena asanu ndi awiri m'boti lanu omwe adakumana ndi zomwezi, "akutero. "Tsopano, ndimamva ngati ndingathe kuchita chilichonse chomwe angandiponye."

Gululo limachita mpikisano wothamanga, mipikisano yothamanga komanso kupalasa bwato polimbana ndi magulu ena akuluakulu, masukulu apamwamba, ndi makoleji. Ngakhale kuti ndi okhawo omwe ali pagulu lazochitikazo, a McMurray Hurtig ati achokera kutali mzaka zingapo zapitazi, ndipo akudziyimitsa pawokha pakupalasa bwato: "Sitimayembekezera zambiri, ndipo aliyense angatero nthawi zonse amatiyamika ...

Ngakhale sanapambane kuti apambane, azimayiwo amamva bwino ndikamachitiridwa ngati othamanga: "Nditapikisana nawo m'mitundu ingapo yoyamba ija, ndimatha kulira chifukwa sindinakhulupirire kuti ndinali kuchita izi," akutero McMurray Hurtig. "Zinali zosangalatsa komanso zolimbikitsa komanso kupatsa mphamvu."

Komabe, azimayi a ROW ndi ochulukirapo kuposa gulu lamasewera. "Si azimayi okha omwe ali pamadzi," akutero Reynolds. "Ndife gulu limodzi lothandizana lomwe limasamalirana - ndipo tonse timakonda kupalasa bwato… Sitimangokhala ndikumakambirana za khansa, koma ngati pali china chake chomwe mukufuna, wina mgululi wadutsapo Zinandionetsa kuti ndili ndi mlongo. "

Mu 2016, ROW idafika pafupifupi 150 omwe adapulumuka khansa ya m'mawere-pafupifupi 100% mwa iwo omwe adati ROW idawapangitsa kuti azidzimva kuti ali okhaokha, gawo lachigawo, ndikuti zidakhudza kudzidalira kwawo, malinga ndi kafukufuku wapachaka wa ROW. Amayi ena ati masewerawa awathandiza kuti azitha kuyenda bwino, ndipo 88% akuti idawathandiza kuti akhale ndi thanzi labwino.

"Ichi ndiye chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe chachitika kwa ine kutuluka ndi matenda a khansa," akutero Jeannine Love, 40, yemwe adapezeka mu Seputembala 2016 ndipo adalowa ROW mu Marichi. Adasiyidwa zaka zisanu asanamudziwe, ndipo adati kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndi njira imodzi yothana ndi imfa ya mnzake. Atazindikira kuti ali ndi khansa, adayambiranso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi: "Yankho langa mwachangu ndiloti ndimafuna kukhala wathanzi momwe ndingathere. Ndinayamba maphunziro a khansa, makamaka," akutero. "Mumadzimva kukhala wopanda thandizo mukamakumana ndi china chake chonga khansa, ndipo izi zidandipatsa lingaliro lakukonzekera, ngakhale zili zochepa kwambiri zomwe mungachite kukonzekera." (Zogwirizana: Mitundu 9 ya Khansa ya M'mawere Aliyense Ayenera Kudziwa Zake)

Monga mamembala ena ambiri a ROW, Chikondi akuchitirabe chithandizo, koma salola kuti chimulepheretse kupalasa bwato pafupipafupi: "Ndikukumbukira ndikupita koyambirira ndipo aliyense anali kucheza kale ndipo zinali zowonekeratu kuti simunachite ' t ingowonetsani ndikuchita nawo ndikupita kunyumba. Ndi abwenzi. Ndi gulu, "akutero. "Ndinkachita mantha kutuluka pabwatolo poyamba, ndipo tsopano sindingathe kudikira kuti ndiyambe kutuluka pamadzi."

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