FDR struck down with Polio
August 1921
FDR exercised frequently and utilized swimming a great deal in an effort to regain some movement in his legs. "The water put me where I am, and the water has to bring me back," he said. He was referring to the swim in Canada he had right before the first attack of polio. He heard of a retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia where similar polio patients had found some relief from their ailments. Mr. Roosevelt would spend a great amount of time at Warm Springs relaxing and swimming in the pool of warm mineral water