A Life of Education

About A Life of Education

An online health, fitness and wellness education portal offering users online courses, lectures and workshops.

In 2015, A Life of Education founder, Caroline Leon survived a life threatening rock-climbing accident, after she fell 7m. Over the course of her two year recovery she underwent 14 surgeries to; fix shattered calcanei, reconstruct six bones in her feet, realign and lengthening tendons in her feet, re-communicating a shattered right ilium, completely reconstructing her right pubic bone and complete replacing/reconstructing her T12, L1 & L2 vertabrae.  Over the course her early rehabilitation process Caroline was fortunate to receive treatment, support and advice from some of the best surgeons, doctors, osteopaths, physiotherapists, hydro-therapists and manual therapists in Dubai.

By the time Caroline had taught herself to walk again, it was time for her to progress and step out of the clinical setting. Her search to find a rehabilitation instructor to effectively take her through this complex stage of her rehab, proved more difficult than anticipated.

Following numerous negative and disappointing experiences, Caroline contacted rehabilitation specialist Keith O'Malley-Farrell from The Physical Training Company. Keith had a wide-ranging experience rehabilitating patients recovering from complex trauma injuries during his time working in the UK with the British Military.

Over the course of many conversations during these later stages of her rehab, it had become clear from both a patient and a therapist's perspective, that there was a huge gap in the fitness industry when understanding and applying knowledge and best practices between the medical community and the fitness industry. From this, Caroline invited Keith to collaborate with her and A Life of Education was born.

The aim with this website is to create an online platform for the health and fitness community to broaden and deepen their understanding of the always developing field of human sciences.