FightBack - my recovery from traumatic brain injury | Pekka Hyysalo | TEDxTurku

2014/12/16 に公開
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How can you recover from a traumatic brain injury? In this talk Pekka Hyysalo shares his story about his amazing recovery. After a serious accident in 2010 he had to choose: do I want to live or give up? He chose to fight back.

Pekka is a former professional freeskier. After living the dream for only two months he overshoot the landing in a filming session and suffered from a severe TBI. Since then Pekka’s life has consisted of therapy.

http://www.teamfightback.com/

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