Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Gridiron Heroes help athletes who have suffered spinal injuries
Few football games have had as much impact on as many lives as that state championship game in 2002 between Everman and Burnet. That...
Quadriplegic Sailor Arrives in BVI After Record Atlantic Sailing
Returning to where his life changed some 25 years ago, Geoff Holt who became quadriplegic following an accident at the Cane Garden Bay beach...
‘Avatar’ Gets Mixed Praise From Paraplegics
Wheelchair Users Say Paraplegic Action Movie Character Inaccurate, but Uplifting
Like others who flocked to see the blockbuster movie "Avatar," 26-year-old Santina Muha was thrilled...
From his toes, a message of hope
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michael Straight sat in bed Tuesday evening and looked at his toes.
They were moving.
It was a seemingly insignificant achievement, but one...
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to be featured on TLC’s American Chopper
Episode to unveil Orange County Choppers' first-ever wheelchair-accessible motorcycle
SHORT HILLS, N.J., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation announced today that...
Advances in spinal cord rehabilitation
About 5.6 million Americans have some degree of paralysis, far more than previously thought, according to the findings of a survey by the Christopher...
Snapping up donations
David Estrada suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident. A Northeastern University student at the time, he went on to...
Buckle-up drive enlists the wheelchair-bound
"Buckle up, or you could end up like me!" This is a warning from wheelchair-bound Ernest Sithole, who, together with 44 other members of...
Crippled rugby star undertakes an odyssey on a hand-cycle
He will complete the equivalent of a marathon every day – powered only by his arms.
When David Millar was paralysed in a rugby match...
Paralysis doesn’t stop ex-football players from giving back
Paralysis doesn't stop former football athletes from raising money to make life a little easier for youngsters who suffer catastrophic spinal cord injuries
Only the...
