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Two video-fied extremes of ‘adaptive’ yoga
“Wheelchair yoga?” Nah, I’ll take the term “adaptive yoga” any day. Getting out of your wheelchair and onto the mat is one of the best things about an adaptive yoga class. An “out of the wheelchair” yoga class is more like it. The following two videos – one of a crazily agile paraplegic, the other a high level quadriplegic who needs assistance when practicing – show how no matter your level of spinal cord injury, you can still get out of the chair and do yoga. The first video comes from our member Wheelz04. He is a T6-8 paraplegic and is totally into yoga. Since he has full upper-body movement…
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SCI Superstar: Teal Sherer
Teal Sherer (yup like the color), whose an actress and paraplegic, has come a long way from the log house she grew up in in rural Tennessee. After breaking her back while riding in a car to Labor Day fireworks show when she was just 14, she found a new passion post-injury – acting – hasn’t looked back since. After college, Teal decided to make the big move out to LA to pursue her dreams of acting. Her first break came in 2004, when she was cast in HBO’s Warm Springs (a film about the life of FDR starring Kenneth Branagh. She played a young woman with Polio. Loved this…
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Wheelchair fashion tips: In your face, and a ladylike runway show
If Bjork can be deemed fashionable, if we can make kitchen appliances fashionable, why can’t we be rolling thrones of haute couture too? Srsly… If you watch the above video by Tiffany Giddes, a T10 paraplegic and member of The Ability 411 crew (a collaboration of five paralyzed vloggers who answer questions about life with paralysis), she shares all the best fashion tips she’s discovered since her injury. They are awesome. Tiffany is one tough chick so you know her fashion tips will be good. Her ability to be turn a project into a reality is crazy. Take her new movie Collision about a female wheelchair assassin—she stars in it…
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SCI Superstar of the Week: Mark Zupan
The original tattooed hardcore wheelchair athlete, Mark Zupan is the King of “Muderball,” aka quad rugby, the crazy wheelchair flipping sport (you only wish you were as cool as this Austin, Texas dude). He has the sexiest tattoos ever, more confidence than any guy should legally have….what’s not to love about this guy? Love him! Read this entry
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Service dog surfs with owner, another reins in a horse
Why did I say no to getting a service dog again? Check out this post I wrote for SPINALpedia, where I share two videos of insanely original service dogs (or “canine partners”) who are learning new tricks that were definitely not learned in service school. Read this entry
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Crafty fixes make melodious sounds
Saying goodbye to my love of music was one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done after my injury. Maybe in my wildest dreams, jerry-rigging a clarinet (to work for my quad hands) would have worked, but not all instruments are impossible to adapt. Watch Robb Madison, a paraplegic drummer use 3 sticks to mimic the bass drum, and watch a famous quadriplegic blues singer from the UK show how he can still play the steel guitar (via his lap). Gag they’re so smart! Read this entry
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Burn those calories: Insane wheelchair pull-up
A crazy wheelchair pull-up and the easiest at-home workout for quads. Check out these awesome videos
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2/27/12: Learn Something New: Pushing your butt through the grass (and sand) alive
It’s a scary jungle out there when you can’t walk. WildKat TV’s “how-to” terrain wheelchair videos are just the thing for freshies with no clue. Watch here
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2/21/12: Amazing quad pony tail technique
Every girl wants the freedom of throwing up her hair. Elizabeth Kolbe, 25, a C6-7 quad with paralyzed hands, figured out a way to put her hair up after working on a technique for 2 years. Watch!
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2/7/12: Get smarter, watch videos
“How-to” online disability videos make us way more informed than our disabled predecessors and are one of my favorite ways to learn. Read this blog
