{"id":505049,"date":"2026-02-28T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505049\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:26:07","slug":"lincoln-fitness-initiative-helps-paralysed-man-stand-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505049\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln fitness initiative helps paralysed man stand again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A paralysed former bodybuilder says going to fitness classes has made an &#8220;amazing difference&#8221; to his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kevin Jenkins, 62, from Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, had an aortic dissection in 2023 which led to him becoming paralysed from the waist down and needing a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After 18 months of NHS physiotherapy, he joined a non-profit group in Lincoln which aims to make physical activity accessible to everyone and is run by former army physical trainer Rob Wilkins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kevin thought he would &#8220;never be able to stand up again&#8221; but is now able to get himself in and out of his wheelchair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A paralysed former bodybuilder says going to fitness classes has made an &#8220;amazing difference&#8221; to his life. Kevin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[49,48,407,84],"class_list":["post-505049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}