An Instagram fitness model was left paralysed from the neck down after falling on her head while doing an inverted sit-up at the gym. Marcelle Mancuso, 23, from Brazil, broke a vertebrae after slipping off a bench while performing the common abdominal exercise. Doctors warned her she could be a tetraplegic for life and fitted her with a titanium plate held by six screws into her spine. But after months of physiotherapy Miss Mancuso, who has 4,700 followers on Instagram, gradually regained movement in one toe or finger at a time. Now, the law graduate has made a miracle recovery. She is back at the gym and even started doing inverted sit-ups again. Speaking for the first time about her ordeal, Miss Mancuso said: 'It was just another normal day of training.I went to perform the abdominal inverted sit up, and was upside down. I was attached to the equipment with a strap, which broke and the personal trainer could not hold me.I hit the back of my head on the floor, and immediately lost all body movements with the blow. My diagnosis was tetraplegia - no movement in my arms or legs. The doctors did not know if I would walk again or if I would stay on a bed forever. I was afraid, but my faith always spoke louder and I thanked God for being alive..
My parents were desperate with fear of losing me but I was always very determined.
Extreme determination. She added: 'I gave my best every day in physical therapy. I thought if my movements did not come back it would not be my fault, it would be destiny. I was willing to fight until the last minute. Gradually my movement came back. The doctors were surprised by my recovery..
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