A girl left paralyzed following a backbend is gradually learning to walk again with the help of determination, support and hours of physical therapy each week. Read: 5-Year-Old Girl Left Paralyzed By ...

Doctors thought 6-year-old Eden Hoelscher might never walk again, but during a play sword fight, she began moving toward her best friend, Violet. The steps —with support from helpers — turned into a ...

Yoga Journal’s archives series is a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article about backbends first appeared in the November-December 1986 ...

For six years now, Li Huan has worked at a school cafeteria to keep her 12-year-old daughter Qingqing in class. Though deep in debt, there’s more at stake than money: Paralyzed and wheelchair-bound ...

Professional contortionist Leilani Franco squeezes into a suitcase, on May 30, in London, UK. The 29-year-old woman also holds the record for the fastest backbend walk and the fastest contortion roll.