Videos
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Recovering From a Wheelchair Fall
If you use a wheelchair, we've all been there before - the scary epic wheelchair fall. Here are 3 videos from SPINALpedia on how to recover (if you have the arm strength that is). How do YOU get yourself back up from a tip over? Do you have any tricks not yet made public?
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SCI Superstar: Dr. David Card
One of the few medical doctors with a spinal cord injury in the world, learn all about the amaaazing Dr. David Card on SPINALpedia! A family practice doc practicing medicine in Bellevue, Washington who shows colleagues and patients each day what it takes to be a true badass.
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Halloween on Wheels
Ok great ready for the best wheelchair Halloween-related post you'll see all day - 4 primo Halloween videos from SPINALpedia, with one of my favorite twisted wheelchair costumes - a 1930's electric chair, with working electric sparks on the head plate (someone give this guy an award!). And also check out costumer on wheels MattBeebe's thoughts on wheelchair costumes and if incorporating the chair is always a must, plus a disco ball on wheels and an animated wheelchair prop to give your mom a heart attack.
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SCI Superstar: Rachelle Freidman Chapman
Showing the world you have no choice but to carry on when you sustain a SCI, learn more about "paralyzed bride" Rachelle Freidman Chapman on SPINALpedia, now married and fiercely enjoying life.
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SCI Folks Open Up On Health & Nutrition
Do you avoid medication whenever possible? How much weight did you lose after breaking your neck or back? Three folks with SCI open up on how they got healthy post-injury, all on SPINALpedia!
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Brits, Women and Quads Take On Wheelchair Boxing
Fast, cheap to play, and an insane cardio workout even while sitting down, check out our three favorite wheelchair boxing videos at SPINALpedia! Watch "Clyde" from the Hastings Wheelchair Boxing Academy (UK-based) wail on an opponent, watch two quads go toe-to-toe and we even found a mega-tough FEMALE show how punching a bag is done. Have you tried boxing?
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SCI Superstar: Mariam Pare
An oil and acrylic + mixed media artist who hails from Chicago, learn all about the talented Mariam Pare on SPINALpedia, who was paralyzed 16 years ago while she was an art school student, and has re-imagined some cool mediums along the way.
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Paralyzed UK Beauty Blogger Jordan Bone
Love this meticulous beauty blogger from the UK! She's a C6 quad and really knows her stuff.
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How to Play Pool from a Wheelchair
Pool is one of the few sports many people with spinal cord injuries get better at after their injury. How can you not love a sport that delivers on that! Check out 4 videos on SPINALpedia showing how it's done - 1) Crystal, a C6 quad, shows off her hair binder grip technique 2) Simon, another C6 quad, shows off his table maneuvering skills while donning an awesome fur hat and 3) & 4) Two videos from the 8 Ball and 9 Ball pool tournaments for wc-users.
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SCI Superstar: Matthew Sanford
Learn the backstory on my awesome yoga teacher, Matthew Sanford on SPINALpedia! A paraplegic for over three decades, find out how ts Yogi master has homed in on the importance of the mind body relationship post-injury, and how he's sharing it with others at his amaaazing yoga studio, Mind Body Solutions.