Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com Rena Thibault pins her daughter Danika's dress in their DeKalb living room while getting ready for an end of the year dance for eighth-graders at Clinton Rosette Middle School on Thursday, May 31, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw –kbursaw@shawmedia.com Danika's father Sean tapes up her injured wrist prior to her first time sparring in over a month at the Academy of Human Performance in Aurora, Ill. on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com R.W. Brown, owner of the Academy of Human Performance, uses trigger point therapy to loosen up some of Danika's muscles at the beginning of a session in Aurora, Ill. on Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
