An Australian man with chronic pain sets the world record by holding the table for more than 9 hours

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That was the time Daniel Scali held an abdominal position, breaking the men’s world record.

When the 28-year-old Australian broke the record last month, the hard feat became even more difficult thanks to complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS, which causes almost constant pain in his left arm.

“If you had decided to tell me five years ago that you would have … gone looking for a record of attempts to go get a plank, there would be no way I would have believed it,” Scali told CNN. He has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 12 when he fell from a trampoline and broke his arm.

“The pain is still there,” he continued. “Pains don’t change, but my attitude toward pain changes.”

On August 6 in Adelaide, Australia, Scali broke the previous record by more than an hour, Guinness World Records confirmed. This was his second attempt, as he was disqualified after the first attempt, during which he held an iron for 9 hours and 9 minutes. Officials argued with the position of his hips, he said.

Scali first attempted to position the board less than a year ago.

“My first table was in November 2020 and it was for two minutes,” he said. “And the two minutes seemed like an absolute life to me.”

It wasn’t until January that Scali began studying how to apply for Guinness World Records and enlisted the help of a coach. He also enlisted the help of his compression band that he wears every day on his left arm to relieve pain and, for him, “it’s like underwear,” he said.

But despite the compression band, during his boards there were times when he couldn’t move his arm, Scali said.

“But I would know that there will be another person watching me, I would know. I would know that someone else is fighting a more serious illness than the one I have. There is always someone worse than you.”

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“I wanted to show people that no matter how much pain you have, no matter what problems you have, if you want to do it and you think you can do it, go for it,” Scali continued.

Since he broke the record, Scali said he is often asked what record he wants to break next. But now it focuses on continuing to raise awareness about CRPS. He uses his attempts to maintain postures for long periods of time as fundraisers and has raised $ 19,223 (about $ 14,147) for Painaustralia, an organization advocating for people treating chronic pain.

“But that doesn’t mean there won’t be any records in the near future,” Scali said.

The previous record was set last year by a 62-year-old American man, who was a former special supervisory agent for the U.S. Drug Use Administration and a former U.S. Navy. He held the board for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.

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