Once a motorcyclist, always a motorcyclist. I had a slow bike accident just over a year after I got my motorcycle license in February of 1985. Must have been the way I landed, and sitting up after the accident probably…
Marcela is a paraplegic who loves to hit the gym. She's made a couple videos to show how she does push ups and core strengthening exercises. Push Ups When it comes to push ups, Marcela uses a balance trainer, which looks…
"When I began water therapy," said Beth, "no one expected me to ever move in the water without someone holding me up." My youngest child was paralyzed in a car accident near our hometown in Ohio. We became a…
Chris is a C5/C6 quadriplegic with limited upper body movement. To stretch and strengthen the muscles in his arms, he has developed an exercise he does in his home using a squishy ball, a desk, and the wall. Chris does this…
Being an athlete requires dedication, and this is something veteran and pioneer para table tennis players, Eugene and Victor, know too well. They built Singapore’s para table tennis team from scratch, starting out with no proper venue or equipment to…
Bowling requires more than just the ability to see, as Mohamed Ismail Hussain’s friends once told him. When Ismail was a child, he was poked in his left eye by an umbrella, and he became visually impaired. Bowling has always…
Cheryl has multiple sclerosis (MS), and her motto is “I do what I can and never give up.” Cheryl is a marathon runner, and she recently ran the Buenos Aires Marathon with her husband and running partner, Brian. It was a…
At 50 years old, John is the first person with dwarfism to complete an Ironman competition which consists of an open water swim (2.4 miles), a bike ride (112 miles), and a marathon (26.2 miles). “Being a little person, we grow…
Mason is a C5,C6,C7 quadriplegic. Every day, after he wakes up and transfers to his wheelchair, he performs independent arm stretches and exercises to help keep his arms and shoulders limber. In his video, he takes viewers through his entire…
Elena has an adventurous spirit that won’t keep her down. She is a seasoned scuba diver who loves exploring the sea and all its underwater sights. She is also a quadriplegic, injured in a car accident when she was…