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The subtle sign in my son's at-home workout that revealed his heart could soon give up

Kelly Powell, from Birmingham, was told her son was perfectly healthy as he was in-line with other children his age at school. But a detail in his star jumps indicated that all was not well.

Source: Cubes | 

04.12.2024, 16:25

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An 11 year-old boy was diagnosed with a devastating degenerative disease after his mother spotted an alarming sign during his exercise routine. 

Leo Powell became a fan of social media fitness guru Joe Wicks back in 2020, and enjoyed taking part in his online PE classes while in lockdown.

But his mother Kelly, 36, grew concerned when she watched him and younger sister Emmie attempt the warm up — which involved star jumps.

Leo's arms and legs were 'everywhere' and did not resemble a star, said Ms Powell, who is from Birmingham but now lives in Teignmouth, Devon.

'His younger sister, who is 14 months younger than him, was doing it perfectly. We all laughed, but that's when I noticed something wasn't right.'

Looking back now, there were other signs that Leo's development wasn't quite right.

Ms Powell, who works as a carer, recalled Leo leaning to one side when he walked sometimes, 'like he was drunk'.

She added that he was very flexible and would sit in a 'weird' way with his legs behind his head, like a 'pretzel'.

It was only after seeing her son struggle with star jumps during a session of Joe Wicks' exercise class that Kelly Powell realised something was seriously wrong.

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