Being an athlete is not always easy. Every sport is hard in their own way, however I can only talk as a figure skater since that is the only sport I have continued to do for 18 years and counting, (done: ballet/dance, swimming, field hockey, track and field-but none ever stuck). As you know from…
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Skating my way through pain
May 12th, is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, and for this day, I have decided to tackle one question I constantly receive. Question: How can you figure skate/compete while having fibromyalgia/being in constant pain? Point A: I will throw this out there right away…I am probably one of the more stubborn people you’ll ever meet. When I…
Figure Skating saved my life
Life started dramatically changing in 2014. I was on the ice on a daily basis. Yet, I was no longer able to achieve the goals I had been aiming for since I started when I was five years old. I started to have full body pain and was severely exhausted. it felt like my body was…
Deidre Matthews 