Monthly Archives: February 2018
Once a College Basketball Player, Paralyzed Athlete Now Curls
Steve Emt was rolling himself up a hill to a pie shop in Falmouth, Massachusetts, when the coach of a wheelchair curling team noticed...
‘I might be quadriplegic, but I’m your doctor’
When medical student Dinesh Palipana suffered a severe spinal injury in a car crash, he was told his dream of becoming a doctor was...
Paralysis Couldn’t Keep This Minnesota Farmer Down
A snowmobile accident left Ryan Buck paralyzed from the chest down.
Ten years ago, Ryan Buck and Lauren Carlson had bright plans for their future....
Electrical implant could improve daily activities for people with spinal cord injuries: study
https://youtu.be/Jdk7BGL2ZNc
An experimental treatment that sends electrical currents through the spinal cord has improved “invisible” yet debilitating side effects for a B.C. man with a...
Para-football gave Colin Shields ‘something to work towards and enjoy’
Colin Shields is on the brink of representing his country at a sport he loves, something that would have been inconceivable seven years ago...
How Makeup Artist Steph Aiello Pursued Her Cosmetology Career After Becoming Quadriplegic
In 2010, one day before she was supposed to start cosmetology school, Steph Aiello was involved in a car crash that left her paralyzed...
“I have a lot of sports to play”, says wheelchair basketball player Kartiki Patel
Kartiki is headed for the Asian Para Games qualifiers in Bangkok next month
Almost 10 years ago, Kartiki Patel woke up in a hospital...
Paralyzed Vermont woman receives hundreds of Valentine’s Day cards to decorate hospital room
https://youtu.be/26KwZ-Ly_0g
COLCHESTER, Vt. — There's a patient wing at Fanny Allen in Colchester that's filled with a whole lot of love.
"I've gotten cards from all...
Spinal cord injuries can’t keep three Arkansans from living
Jen Goodwin did everything she was supposed to do -- she graduated from college, bought her first house and accepted her dream job in...
Paralyzed in 2014 crash that killed her beloved husband, Robinette Tilley stays in family...
Robinette Tilley is the boss. The fact that she rides a wheelchair now instead of a motorcycle hasn’t changed that.
Tilley was in her customary...