While Dirk Vervoots is unable to walk very far on his own, when he plays tennis his reflexes take over 🎾
The wife of a man with Huntington’s disease has been explaining how playing tennis has had a remarkable effect on her husband's health.
Dirk Vervoots, who is in his 50s, from Keyworth in Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed with the condition several years ago.Mr Vervoots is unable to get himself ready in the morning or walk very far unaided, but his wife Jane said: "When he is on that tennis court, his reflexes, his brain is much sharper".
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