Tina Hurley of Merrimack knows first-hand what a person struggling with the loss of a limb by amputation needs to recover and rebuild their life.
She was a 27-year-old CrossFit competitor, working as a physician assistant, with a new car and in a relationship with the man of her dreams, when, she said, life handed her a curveball.
Hurley went to the doctor after suffering with a cramped calve and foot numbness. She initially was diagnosed with a calf strain. Two years later, with the symptoms getting worse, she received another diagnosis of Exertional Compartment Syndrome: her calves were too big for the tissue they were contained in. The only treatment was surgery.
