the now's tanya rogers talks to a doctor who spent 30 years making sure that that doesn't define who those children are and his efforts have spread across the world. >> reporter: 3-year-old sasha does things that most toddlers enjoy, reading with mom and playing. but because sasha was born with a deformed leg, she has a hard time running or standing for long periods of time. >> it's a congenital issue. so that's why her ankle was unstable. >> reporter: her mother wanted hadder to have a better life. >> our local doctor told us about dr. bailey when she was two weeks old. >> reporter: the doctor has started a series of surgeries to help sasha. >> i don't amputate the legs. i don't take the easy road. very deficient and deformed bones and joints is not easy. i've developed more than a hundred different surgical procedures over the 30 years and these kids are the beneficiaries. i don't give up on them. >> reporter: each of these pins represents the patients who have traveled for this type of surgery. now, sasha is from russia but she is not the only one who has traveled that far. hundre

. >> reporter: for the now, i'm tanya rogers. >> well, part of the issue is that our bodies take longer to process alcohol and drugs as we age. the national institution on alcohol abuse recommend that people over 65 not have more than seven drinks a week and no more than three in a given day. >>> if you have lower back pain, you may have tried everything from the shoe inserts to the back belts. but the result may be opposite what you think. researchers in a new study say of repeated low back pain in the year following an episode from 25 to 40%. now, it doesn't matter what kind of exercise that you do, judge university that you're doing it. they recommend everything from back and ab strengthening to range of motion exercises. good advice there. >>> here is the problem. researchers say health care providers don't prescribe exercise enough. fewer than half participate in an exercise problem if they have back pain. this points to the bigger issue with the health industry, which is focused on selling products. a past study in the same journal estimates we spend around $80 billion a year alon

who could forget agesey and sampres in the 90s or tanya harding and nancy carrigan. roger feddere re, rafael nadal. the greatest rivalry of the 2010s . >> chestnut kobiyashi is real. >>> nuggets game tonight was real silly. charlie blackmon there. charlie is shooting backyards. nikola passing backwards. they had just enough left in the can to squirt three dudes in tom brady jerseys. nuggets lose 102-101. air academy katie rainsburger found more than just her running shoes in the school locker room today. >> here we go. here we go. >> katie? congratulations. you are the gatorade cross country runner of the year. >> this year state and national female cross country runners nationwide to receive the award. katie, you are on 9news! >> having my name on this award with people like peyton manning, it is amazing. and you know, it is something that i don't feel i deserve. i don't deserve to be recognized with that kind of talent. >> nick the sea lion is only four years old so he is qualified to pick the winner of the cry baby bowl. >> let's go with drew to the denver zoo. it's tim

tanya, charged with a felony for taking her son on the run. she was flown into los angeles where she awaits extradition back to texas next week. bail set at $1 million. >>> wayne rogersr best known as trapper john on m.a.s.h has passed away. >> rogers died surrounded by family in los angeles after complications from pneumonia. he leaves behind a wife, two children and four grandchildren and a lot of great memories for all of us. rogers was 82 years old and a good friend of fox news. >>> so a man, look at this, is lifted into the belgium sky while clinging on to a hot air balloon. a crowd of people were trying to hold it down because of strong winds. as soon as it took off, one man didn't let go. even the pilot was telling him to let go. the pilot was dutch so he didn't understand him. he was eventually pulled into the balloon which later landed in holland. >>> a delta plane filled with passengers, can you believe this, it turned around to get a family to a funeral. >> the lady got on the phone, said there was nothing they can do, the tower wasn't going to have them turn back in. my sister and mom sitting in tears. i'm screaming through the glass. all of a sudden, we