Straschnitzki starts new therapy in Calgary

Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki has begun a new round of physiotherapy in Calgary.

The workouts at the Synaptic clinic include chin ups, boxing, heavy rope training and learning to pull himself into a full standing position from his wheelchair just using his arms.

Straschnitzki, who was released from the Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia earlier this month, says the workout is a lot more vigorous at the new facility.

He was paralyzed from the chest down April 6 when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team and a semi-trailer collided north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan.

The crash killed 16 people and injured 13 others.

Straschnitzki has received some good news.

His latest assessment indicates he has regained some movement in the core muscles in his stomach and is able to flex them.

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