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A heartfelt conversation with author and speaker Amberly Lago

Amberly started her speaking career after her life was deeply

altered and her world was completely changed in May 2010.

While riding her motorcycle in Woodland Hills, CA, she was hit by a SUV

and thrown thirty feet down a busy street. Her right leg took the

brunt of the impact and was crushed almost beyond repair.

Despite an arduous recovery process, being a former professional

dancer and athlete she was determined to walk again and return to

work as a fitness trainer. After a lengthy hospital stay and 34

surgeries, doctors were able to fuse her leg together and repair her

severed femoral artery despite the initial recommendation to

amputate.

However, Lago was diagnosed with a nerve disease

called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (formerly known as RSD)

and deals with chronic pain daily. This chronic pain has led her to

develop positive, healthy ways of coping with pain and all the emotions that come along with it, and pass it on to others in any

kind of pain.

This life altering experience inspires Lago to communicate how you

can turn tragedy into triumph. She demonstrates how you can hit