Friday, March 29, 2024

Tag: Wheelchair Basketball

Beware the chair

Travis Oldhouser proves Quad rugby isn't for the scared, soft or squeamish PHILADELPHIA - Metal slammed into metal in the middle of the gym. Bodies...

Skiing for all

WILLISTON -- It has been about a year since a spinal cord injury resulting from a snowboarding accident left Eric Rose in a wheelchair....

Connecticut Murderball

Depending on how you read the situation, the Connecticut Jammers are either having a bad year or a great one. The state’s wheelchair rugby team’s...

Hansen remains in motion

Twenty years later, Rick Hansen is still relentless in his pursuit of a cure for spinal cord injuries The Man In Motion had nowhere to...

2-1/2 seconds – time to prevent a major life change

Two and a half seconds. That's the amount of time that many people wish they could take back. It's the time it takes to...

Everyone is a Player

The paralyzed patients at Rehab Hospital are taught how to relearn their skills and sports DAWNA ZANE has won the marathon in Honolulu, paddled in...

Through new therapy, some partially paralyzed patients approach walking

DALLAS — It takes a body harness, a sophisticated exoskeleton and a quarter-million-dollar treadmill, but Albert Pruitt walks. Pruitt, who has been partially paralyzed since...

Drayson Center¹s new equipment makes it no sweat for wheelchair users to work out

Delmon Dunston clenched his teeth and drew a deep breath as he lifted weights. It was a relief for Dunston to use the new wheelchair-accessible...

Poised for the next step

College student ready to undergo experimental stem cell transplant MISHAWAKA -- Joey McTigue relies on his muscular shoulders and arms to pull himself down the...

Wheelchair rugby one of U-M student’s many passions

The wheelchairs crashed with a loud metallic "thunk'' that echoed through the gym. Jaffer Odeh, wheeling furiously, slipped through a crease in the tangle...