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The BBC has disclosed a few days ago a story so far remained hidden and no one would have ever imagined.
Wednesday 4 December 2013 6 minutes reading time
Nicholas Buckland for more than a month would be "living together" with an electronic device located in the vicinity of the heart used to continuously monitor your heart rate.
The British dance skater, in fact, had to deal with heart problems come to the forefront in the early fall, but in fact emerged for the first time during the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010.
"The morning after the opening ceremony," said Buckland, "while I was starting the'' training on the ice, my heart suddenly started beating out of my chest. I tried to stop, but the pulse continued to be frequent. Clearly, the'' training was interrupted and had to lie down for about half an hour'' before the situation returned to normal. "
'' Despite the incident, the couple dance Coomes / Buckland, even shock, he then took part in the Olympic competitions finishing in twentieth place.
Upon returning home, was diagnosed at twenty-four of Nottingham tachycardia, a form of cardiac arrhythmia that occurs when the heart beats are more frequent than normal.
In recent times, however, the phenomenon has become quite recurrent. Buckland has, in fact, as noted in the quest'' calendar year has had to face six or seven attacks without having the slightest notice. Apparently, the problem would have occurred even in the last World Championships in London, closed in thirteenth position.
In some cases, the beats are arrived at'' intensity of 270, 280 per minute, when the normality for an adult at rest should be around 60/80. In essence, at times, the heart of the'' athlete, without explanation, began to beat with an intensity four times higher than average.
At one point, it became necessary heart surgery to identify the cause of the problem and try to solve it. "During the operation'' I was awake," he told the British dancer, "because the heart in the presence of anesthesia reacts differently.'' It was an experience'' a little'' special.'' While all inside of my body were doing everything, I spoke quietly with your surgeon. Doctors have discovered that a nerve was causing some kind of short circuit in the heart and have therefore removed the top. since then, my heart functions are back to normal "
In any case, to continue to monitatorare the situation, it was decided to use an electronic instrument able to keep under control the heart palpitations.
Clearly, the pair Coomes / Buckland has also afraid of not being able to take part in the Olympics, but, as pointed out by Penny Coomes, other priorities had become: "Nick is a person first and before he is skating. I can not hide she was really worried about how the situation has suddenly worsened. Initially, I knew it was only a common arrhythmia. "
A week after the operation'', Buckland is back in New Jersey, home workout routine, and with rapid recovery times has started the preparation for the Olympic Games conscious of not having to deal with more tachycardia, but with a strange guest in his own body: "For some time'', you will need to live with a kind of USB in the chest area, but doctors have assured me that at the end of the season can be removed.'s not really the best of life ... Suffice it to say that I can move the device with your fingers. Seen from outside, the situational digustosta may appear. Right now the way things are, but I see now that'' s the key is removed. "
The life of a couple of British dance has returned to normal, marked by routine everyday. Moreover, in the last week, Coomes / Buckland won the fourth national title of their careers, a prelude to participation in the European Championships in Budapest and the Olympic Games in Sochi.
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