He judo completely changed the life of vicky yunes a 12-year-old girl, a native of Villa María, with cerebral palsy who in the middle of the pandemic was encouraged to leave the walker to encourage herself to walk alone with Canadian canes.
Her mother, Vanesa Ianni Deninotti, defines her as “a warrior” who was born six months pregnant with her twin Ximena.
For Vane and her husband César Nicolás Yunes, who went through the world of disability with her, Vicky is a model of love, joy, an example of struggle and sacrifice.
Always active, she took art classes, equine therapy, piano and in a pandemic she discovered judo, an activity that was recommended to her your kinesiologist Ángel Sánchezso that he would stop being afraid of falls.
“Judo is a martial art, where we do things on the ground, sometimes standing up and it makes me feel comfortable, I like it. I enjoy everything. A teacher named Alejandro helps me and he taught me to fall and not to hit me or hurt me ”, he told Diversity Vicky.
The technique of this martial art taught him to fall on his side and backwards and thus overcome one of his fears when walking. The training allowed him to leave the walker behind and start using Canadian canes.
The family experienced this process closely during the pandemic, when they saw Vicky practice walking without help in the dining room of the house, overcoming her own limits.
“In the middle of the pandemic he said ”I don’t want the walker anymore” and as parents our world fell apart and he began to practice alone, he would stop and try to take little steps until one day with the canes he started three, four little steps. ”, recounted his mother.
However, falls were Vicky’s biggest fear and that is why Ángel’s suggestion was key.
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“It has been a very great achievement for Vicky. She has a gait disorder and her idea was to transfer her to the Canadian canes but we needed other supports and we used a single-grip cane and four supports for her stability. She started working and from one day to the next she said that she did not want to see the posterior cane anymore and it was a surprise, ”described the professional.
It was then that Vicky started judo with the aim of controlling her fear of falling and learning to know what to do, working different muscle groups. “She Now she goes from belt to belt and she already knows how to fall. It helped her a lot in these therapies and in neuromuscular rehabilitation”
“Now he falls and laughs,” he said.
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Throughout this process, the support of the family was also key, helping her maintain and follow all the exercises to the letter, during the pandemic and through zoom.
“Ángel never saw Vicky with the famous Certificate of Disability. He always saw the warrior Victoria and what she could do ”, valued Vane, his mother.
“He always managed to make Vicky do more than he could,” he added. To which Ángel, with humility, assures that the treatments are 70% the patient and 30% the kinesiologist and the physiotherapist.
“Now he falls down and laughs. She knows how to fall backwards and it’s like I let her because now she has a lot of confidence, it helped her a lot in the neurorehabilitation part, ”she highlighted.
“I will never give up”says Victoria emphatically. This is her header phrase, with which she faces life and every challenge that she sets herself.
Vicky a personality in Villa María
Vicky joined the Children’s Council of the Municipality of Villa María last year where she was elected as vice mayor to work on projects for people with disabilities. She was present at numerous cultural activities in the city and was able to materialize several of the proposals with which she was chosen.
He finished sixth grade last year with all grades and excellent grades and even participated in the study trip to Mendoza.
“I have many friends and friends. The teachers helped me hold on to the rubber,” she recounted.
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With Judo he has participated in many matches, some involve more challenges because he has to climb stairs.
In addition, she is also one of the many girls whom the Jean Maggi Foundation set in motion with its adapted bicycles.
