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No Free Rides Episode #104: Katy Blake’s Crazy Rehab Ride
The delightful Katy Blake, who broke her neck 4 years ago, shares how she fought back and got the rehab she needed in spite of Mississippi's archaic Medicaid system.
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Keepin’ Your Ride Immaculate: The Best Wheelchair Cleaning Techniques
Are you riding dirty? Check out three of our "Best of" wheelchair cleaning videos on SPINALpedia, showing how easy it is to make your wheelchair a sparkling clean beacon of awesomeness, from an automated tire scrubber to throwing your chair in the pool. What tips do you have for keeping your chair clean?
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SCI Superstar: Muffy Davis
Injured in Sun Valley, Utah in when she was just 16, Muffy Davis was on the US Development Olympic Ski Team with dreams of gold. After a few years out of athletics, she discovered sit-skiing and hand-cycling and has won 7 Paralympic gold medals since. Now a wife since '04 and a mom since '09, Muffy's set on making all her dreams come true.
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Beautiful Wheelchair Art Installations
From "Superman's Wheelchair" in Ireland featuring Christopher Reeve's wheelchair to an amazing wheelchair roll cage dreamt up by the fantastical minds at Dandelion Dance Theatre in San Francisco, check out three of the best wheelchair art exhibits of all time on SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Gabe Rodreick
A mere 6 years ago Gabe Rodreick, the lead singer of Treading North, was a simple 15 year old kid having fun while on a community service trip in Costa Rica. But after breaking his neck body surfing, this former pianist has gone on to discover a new instrument - his voice; and he's using it to find a SCI cure.
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Just Say No to Curbs
From using the Trackchair to traverse those pesky curbs to Erik Kondo's brilliant "pull-up" move using parking meters, watch three wheelers on SPINALpedia share there way impressive curb climbing tricks! What tricks do you use?
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SCI Superstar: Sonja Gaudet
Meet the world's best curler in a wheelchair: Sonja Gaudet - wife, mother and two-time Paralympic gold medalist - on SPINALpedia! Now 48 and at her third winter games in Sochi, see how she's made thriving her minion.
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Get Your Walk-On with Gait Training
Gait training aka locomotor training is the coolest thing to happen to rehab for spinal cord injuries. Check out three videos courtesy of SPINALpedia showing how this amazing therapy works. Have you tried gait training?
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SCI Superstar: Rafe Biggs
Check out the story of Rafe Eric Biggs PhD on SPINALpedia, founder of Sexability and a life coach for Soma Evolution. Injured on a meditation retreat 10 years ago while in India, he's made it his mission to helping people with disabilities find sexual pleasure and loving partners. His story was even featured on the TV show Strange Sex.
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Wheelchair Accessible Snorkeling: An Awesome View
Sweet adapted snorkeling videos courtesy of SPINALpedia! Check out the EZ Snorkel Chair, a chair that helps quads go snorkeling, plus an adapted snorkel mask for a teen with CP and watch a para fling himself into the ocean to go snorkeling in the Cayman Islands.
