Man with genetic disease defies odds - to become bodybuilder from charcot marie tooth disease treatment Watch Video

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✓ Published: 11-Jun-2024

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A man who suffers from a genetic disease which leads to muscle weakness and numbness has defied the odds to become a successful bodybuilder.<br/><br/>John Nixon, 44, suffers from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a condition that causes nerve damage.<br/><br/>But despite the challenges the disease brings, John has become a bodybuilder and even came second in the PCA bodybuilding world finals in Malaga, Spain.<br/><br/>John, of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, said: \