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 ...

Leilani Franco from the Philippines made it into this year's Guinness World Records by performing the world's fastest backbend walk - travelling in a backbend position a distance of 20 metres in a ...

Backbends are a wonderful way to build strength, flexibility, and mobility. You can start at a beginner stage and transition into intermediate or advanced backbends over time. Backbends are an ...

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The biggest, the smallest, the fastest, and some of the weirdest: it's the all new Guinness World Records 2014 A skateboarding goat, the fastest human backbend walk, a dog the size of a dollar bill ...

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.