Tag: Quadriplegic
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A LIFELONG STRUGGLE: People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are at higher risk for obesity than those who haven't. Because they're often confined...
Freshman takes spinal cord injury in stride
Brooke Rallis came to the University of New Hampshire in high hopes of being considered an equal among the thousands of freshmen.
Standing at 5...
Whatever happened to: Travis Roy
Eleven seconds was all it took to change Travis Roy’s life.
As a freshman at Boston University in 1995, Roy lived his dream of playing...
Stationary bike helps spinal cord injury sufferers
People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are at higher risk for obesity than those who haven't.
Because they're often confined to a wheelchair, the...
Paralyzed Plano man survived 54 years, inspired others
The doctors didn't expect Don Harrington to survive the 1954 car accident that left him a quadriplegic.
Then the medical wisdom of the day...
Loyal friend pursues research
GORDON PARK: The sight of seeing a mate restricted to a wheelchair drove Gordon Park’s Tim O’Shea to inspiring heights.
Devastated when his rugby union...
Quest to discard wheelchair leads Lexington man, wife to Mexico
On a Sunday in August, Mike Phillips’ world came tumbling to the ground. While on a walk at Riverside Park near his Lexington home,...
MAKING MIRACLES HAPPEN: CHALLENGE CENTER TAKES THE “DIS” OUT OF DISABILITES
(San Diego's East County) — “When I first had my stroke, I couldn’t speak or move my right side. I couldn’t walk,” recalled...
Local doctor recovers from spinal cord injury
For decades, he treated patients in the Roanoke Valley as an orthopedic surgeon, but a bicycle accident flipped the script. In an instant,...
A Will to Walk
Accident victim determined not to spend life in wheelchair
ORANGE CITY -- While some people stroll through life with ease, Joshuah Roy shuffles along inches...
