Tag: Wheelchairs

Paralyzed Veterans win battle for Big House seating

Imagine buying tickets to a sporting event and arriving at the stadium to find out you cannot get to or fit into your seat. People...

Broken back can leave you homeless

A television presenter who broke her back says many people with similar injuries are being forced to live in care homes. Victoria Hollingsworth shattered her...

Y Therapy

Exercises for Paraplegics Offered at Wheeling YMCA WHEELING — Spending most of your life in a wheelchair might mean sitting idle for some folks. But...

Kelly Brush- Skiing with a purpose

It would be understandable if Kelly Brush filled her days with what-ifs. What if the fencing along the giant slalom course at Jiminy Peak had...

Tiffany Jones battles back from tragic accident

Some people believe everything happens for a reason. Even a tragedy, difficult at first to comprehend, may leave the survivor feeling that he or...

Spinal cord survivors share stories

SIOUX CITY -- One minute, Jon Schuetz was riding a motorcycle under a sunny Florida sky. The next minute, he was on the ground,...

Chariots of Destiny

"Chariots of Destiny" is an organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya. It was started by Casey Marenge to create a much-needed difference in the transport sector...

Sportaid.com

Sportaid has a large selection of everyday, sports and manual wheelchair parts, Urological Products and accessories in the market. Wheelchairs Site for Manual Sports Everyday Wheelchairs...

Segway helps disabled man more than wheelchair

My patient was bleeding profusely from the esophagus, and as a first-year gastroenterology fellow, I had been called in to the UCSF intensive care...

9 Out Of 10 Patients Walk Again In Some Form With Device, Therapy

On average, it happens every hour of every day - someone suffers a spinal cord injury** that can leave them paralyzed for life. An...