headboard, which played the role of the pulley and then pulling it and moving the feet. Then he began using counterweight loads. Friends helped him build a system of weights and pulleys around his bed designed by Dikul. Eight months later he was discharged from the hospital with the first group of disability. A series of publications in the press provoked an avalanche of letters to Dikul with requests for help. In response, he would send them a package of instructions designed for medical rehabilitation. In processing a large amount of correspondence he was helped by his wife Lyudmila. Many people using a wheelchair saw it as their hope. Valentin spent three to four hours a day on advising people with disabilities. In 1988, the Dikul center, a Russian rehabilitation center for patients with spinal injuries and with consequences of infantile cerebral paralysis, was opened. Dikul was also known for his immense strength, in which he displayed mostly in the form of juggling, flipping, and snatching massive kettlebells. He is known to have used kettlebells weighing up to 80–90 kg for the afore mentioned movements. Criticism In 2013 he was criticised for allegedly falsyfing results of heavylifting of a rock. References External links 60 упражнений Валентина Дикуля + Методы активизации внутренних резервов человека = ваше 100% здоровье Московские центры В. И. Дикуля 1948 births Living people People from Kaunas Russian circus performers Russian people with disabilities People's Artists of Russia