{"id":321586,"date":"2026-02-28T09:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321586\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:35:06","slug":"lincoln-fitness-initiative-helps-paralysed-man-stand-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/321586\/","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":321587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[499,103,61,60],"class_list":["post-321586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}