Sbahle Mpisane reflects on her recovery journey as a ‘permanently injured individual’

09 September 2023 - 12:00
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Fitness enthusiast Sbahle Mpisane shows her progress in the gym since her car accident.
Fitness enthusiast Sbahle Mpisane shows her progress in the gym since her car accident.
Image: Instagram/ Sbahle Mpisane

Sbahle Mpisane is impressed with her recovery journey since her near-fatal car accident.

The fitness guru and reality TV star was involved in a car accident in 2018 that saw her spend months in hospital after fracturing several bones in her body and without a bone in her ankle.

On Wednesday Sbahle shared a video of herself on her Instagram Story playfully doing jumping jacks while wearing a moon boot.

“It's my first time doing jumping jacks since my car accident, and I'm surprised the pressure wasn't sensitive. It was unplanned but, wow. I need a big hug because I'm in my room about to drop tears of joy,” she wrote.

On the next slide, Sbahle showed she had been doing leg press exercises during her gym sessions.

“Before and after my accident, and more especially during my recovery until today as a permanently injured individual, exercising has always been a personal celebration of what my body can do, and I don't fail to say Amen.”

It's been a gradual healing journey for Sbahle, and while there have been trolls trying to rush the process, she said she is beyond grateful to be alive.

“We all know I'm beyond blessed to still manage to step on both my feet. I'm honestly not living to please people. You all do nothing more but depress us with your unnecessary words. You all were the main fuel behind all my suicide attempts, and you all are still behind my tears in 2022,” she previously wrote on her Instagram stories, reacting to social media trolls.

“I look beautiful without wearing heels. I am stronger than most people with ankle bones. I am more physically flexible without an ankle and yet you all think I am lacking benefits from what?”



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