It was a move Eden Hoelscher had done hundreds of times before. But when the 5-year-old girl of Palos Verdes, Calif., performed a backbend in her living room on the morning of Dec. 23, 2015, something ...

Eden Hoelscher was paralyzed from the waist down after performing a backbend in her living room Erin Hill is the Senior Editor, Royals at PEOPLE. She has reported on Royals for the brand since 2015.

Eden Hoelscher was a typically active child until she attempted a backbend in the living room of her family's California home last December. “I look at her and she's collapsed on the floor from the ...