5-Year-Old Girl Paralyzed From Backbend Vows to Overcome Injury Eden Hoelscher became paralyzed from the waist down on Dec. 23, 2015.

Britt Hertz attempts to survive 24 hours in a backbend with Anna McNulty, pushing flexibility and endurance to their extremes.

Backbends are a sign of Brown's six-year transformation into one of baseball’s brightest young starting pitchers.