'Yar wasan ninkaya ta nakasassu Jessica ta daɗe tana ba da fifiko ga lafiyar kwakwalwarta a cikin sabuwar hanyar gabaɗayan wasannin Tokyo

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Za a fara gasar wasannin nakasassu ta shekarar 2020 a Tokyo a wannan makon, kuma 'yar wasan ninkaya Ba'amurke Jessica Long da kyar ta iya ɗaukar jin daɗinta. Biyo bayan fitowar "tauri" a gasar wasannin nakasassu ta Rio a shekarar 2016 - a lokacin, ta kasance tana fama da matsalar cin abinci da kuma raunin kafada - Dogon yanzu yana jin "da kyau" duka a jiki da kuma motsin rai. Kuma wannan shine godiya, a wani bangare, don ba da fifikon kyautata rayuwarta ta wata sabuwar hanya.

"Shekaru biyar da suka wuce na yi aiki sosai a kan lafiyar kwakwalwata da kuma ganin likitan kwantar da hankali - wanda, abin ban dariya ne dalilin da yasa na yi tunanin cewa in shiga cikin farfadowa, zan yi magana game da yin iyo, kuma idan wani abu, ban taba magana game da shi ba. iyo," Long ya gayaSiffa. (Mai alaƙa: Me yasa kowa ya kamata ya gwada farfadowa aƙalla sau ɗaya)

Duk da cewa Long ta shafe shekaru tana ninkaya cikin gasa - ta fara wasan nakasassu tun tana da shekaru 12 a Athens, Girka - 'yar wasan mai shekaru 29 ta san cewa wasan yana da kyau. bangare na rayuwarta ba duk rayuwarta ba. "Ina tsammanin lokacin da za ku iya raba su biyu, kuma, har yanzu ina da ƙauna a gare shi, har yanzu ina da sha'awar yin nasara, da kuma sha'awar zama mafi kyawun da zan iya kasancewa a cikin wasanni, amma kuma na sani a karshen. ranar, yin iyo ne kawai," in ji Long. "Kuma ina ganin da gaske hakan ya taimaka min da lafiyar kwakwalwata don yin shiri don Tokyo." (Dangane: Muhimman Darussan Kiwon Lafiyar Hankali 4 Kowa Ya Kamata Ya sani, A cewar Masanin ilimin halayyar ɗan Adam)

Gasar Paralympian ta biyu da aka yi wa ado sosai a tarihin Amurka (tare da lambar yabo 23 da ƙidaya), Long ta fara labarinta mai ban sha'awa nesa da gidanta na tallafi a Baltimore Maryland. An haife ta a Siberia tare da yanayin da ba kasafai ake sani da hemimelia fibular ba, wanda fibulae (ƙashin ƙashi), ƙafar ƙafa, da idon sawu baya haɓaka yadda yakamata. A cikin watanni 13, an karɓe ta daga gidan marayu na Rasha ta iyayen Amurka Steve da Elizabeth Long. Watanni biyar bayan haka, an yanke kafafunta biyu a kasa gwiwa don ta koyi tafiya ta amfani da kafafun roba.

Tun yana matashi, Long yana ƙwazo kuma yana buga wasanni kamar gymnastics, ƙwallon kwando, da hawan dutse, a cewar Wasannin NBC. Amma sai da ta kai shekaru 10 ne ta shiga kungiyar wasan ninkaya mai fafatawa - sannan ta cancanci shiga Kungiyar Paralympic ta Amurka bayan shekaru biyu kacal. "Ina son yin iyo; Ina son duk abin da aka ba ni," in ji Long na aikinta na shekaru 19, wanda aka ba da labarin wasu a cikin tallan Super Bowl mai ban sha'awa ga Toyota na bikin wasannin Olympics na bana da na nakasassu. "Lokacin da na waiwaya rayuwata, sai in ce, 'Ya Ubangiji, na yi iyo a duk duniya? mil nawa na yi iyo a gaskiya?

A yau, tsarin horo na Long ya ƙunshi shimfiɗa safiya da aikin sa'o'i biyu. Daga nan ta matse a cikin wani shuɗe kafin ta sake shiga cikin tafkin da yamma. Amma kafin ku tambaya, a'a, Jadawalin Long ba duka yana iyo ba kuma ba kula da kai ba. A gaskiya ma, Long akai-akai yana kula da kanta zuwa "kwanakin ni," wanda ya haɗa da wasu R & R a cikin baho."Lokacin da na gaji ko kuma idan an cika ni da aiki ko kuma na yi aiki mai wahalar gaske, wannan shine lokacin da zan koma baya in yi tunani, 'Lafiya, dole ne ku ɗauki ɗan lokaci don kanku, dole ne ku shiga cikin tunani mai kyau,' kuma daya daga cikin hanyoyin da na fi so in yi hakan shine in dawo da ita cibiyar," in ji Long. "Ina son shan wanka Epsom gishiri. Ina son saka kyandir, karanta littafi, da ɗaukar min daƙiƙa ɗaya kawai." (Mai Alaƙa: Jiƙa a cikin Kula da Kai tare da Waɗannan Kayayyakin Kayan wanka)

Dogon ƙirga Dr Teal's Epsom Salt Soaking Magani (Saya It, $5, amazon.com) yayin da ta tafi don taimakawa wajen rage radadi da raɗaɗi. "Ina jujjuya hannuna sau dubbai a aikace, don haka a gare ni, irin wannan lokaci ne na, lafiyar hankalina ne, kuma shi ne farfadowa na, kuma yana ba ni damar dawowa in sake yin hakan. , don ɗaukar ranar, kuma ina jin haka, abin mamaki, ”in ji ta.

Kuma yayin da Long ke shirye don ɗaukar Toyko - ba tare da ambaton Wasannin Paralympics a Paris a cikin 2024 da kuma a Los Angeles a 2028 ba, wataƙila wasannin ƙarshe na aikinta - tana kuma yin iya ƙoƙarinta don kiyaye tunaninta mai kyau da kowane shakku a bay. "A gare ni, ina tsammanin dukkan mu 'yan wasa za mu iya ba da labari, daidai gwargwado," in ji Long. Kuma yayin da Long yana da kyau tare da jingina cikin matsin "kadan," ta kuma san lokacin da lokaci ya yi da za ta koma baya don hana kanta daga tunani. "Duk lokacin da na yi tunani game da Tokyo ko kowace tsere ko kuma na kai ga yin aiki, ina so in yi tunani mai kyau," in ji ta. (Mai dangantaka: Simone Biles Ficewa daga Gasar Olimpics shine Daidai Abin da Ya Sa ta zama GATT)

Amma menene Long ya fi sa ido bayan yiwuwar tattara ƙarin kayan aiki a Tokyo? Haɗuwa mai daɗi tana tare da iyalinta da mijinta Lucas Winters, wanda ta aura a watan Oktoba 2019. "Ban ga iyalina ba tun watan Afrilu, kuma ban taɓa ganin mijina ba .... zai kasance kusan uku da uku -rabin watanni, ”in ji Long, wanda ke horo a Colorado Springs. "Shi ne zai dauke ni idan na taba ranar 4 ga Satumba, kuma mun riga mun yi kirga."

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