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Podcast: All Bodies Outside
Episode: #45: A Broken Back Sustained at the Beginning of an Army Career to Retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel
Description: This episode’s guest was Leslie Alford who is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and served for 24 years. However, her military career began with a debilitating injury. During Army Officer Candidate School, Leslie was training on an obstacle course and took a perilous fall, which resulted in four fractured vertebrae, a broken wrist, nerve damage, scoliosis, and other injury-related issues. The doctors thought she was likely paralyzed and required her to lie flat on a hospital bed in a full body cast for four months before testing her in a standing position. Yet, she overcame the odds and had a...