Turns out, getting through the accident that changed my life wasn't the hardest part. I had a hard road ahead of me.

It was a moment on an ordinary day that changed my life forever. A seemingly minor skid on an icy patch, the type of thing everyone who has grown up driving in a winter climate is well accustomed to.

Video courtesy of CTV News Calgary. 

After 13 surgeries to save his broken foot and leg, a Calgary man has invented an alternative to cumbersome crutches. He knew there was a better way. He created it!

Watch the news clip to see how and why Reid Robinson developed the original prototype for the XLEG.