Terrell, T10 spinal cord injury
Terrell suffered a thoracic spinal cord injury, leaving him paraplegic. He uses a wheelchair, but is able to get out of the chair to exercise at the Community Fitness and Wellness gym at Frazier Rehab Institute. There are… Read More
Kathy, stroke
Kathy is a 20-year stroke survivor. She had a malformed blood vessel in her brain since birth. It burst in 2000, when Kathy was in her fifties. Kathy knows how important it is to try to make exercise… Read More
Tom, C4 incomplete SCI
Tom has a C4 incomplete spinal cord injury. When he first began exercising he had a hard time standing on his own. After approximately a year of exercising in the Community Fitness and Wellness program at Frazier Rehab… Read More
Raymond, stroke
Raymond had a stroke in 2015. He uses functional electrical stimulation on his affected arm and leg to do upper-extremity and lower-extremity cycling. The stimulation activates the muscles to contract in the proper sequence for cycling. Also, with… Read More
Liz, T7 spinal cord injury
Liz is a T7 paraplegic. She suffered a spinal cord stroke in 2006. Once she was discharged from outpatient therapy, she realized that she needed to commit to engaging in therapeutic exercise in order to maintain what she… Read More
Last Updated: February 8, 2020 by site_@dmin
Jenny, C6-7 spinal cord injury
Jenny is a 30-year survivor of a C6-7 spinal cord injury. One of the many ways she stays physically active is by rowing with the adapted rowing team of the Louisville Rowing Club in Louisville, Ky. In the… Read More