Healing Through Exercise

We’re always happy to find new nonprofits focusing on helping those with spinal cord injuries. Recently, we heard about Journey Forward, whose mission is to better the lives of those with spinal cord injuries through exercise. Journey Forward’s program is similar to physical therapy regimens, but last much longer, because typically those with spinal cords injuries need long periods of time to develop muscle they have lost and see benefits from therapy.

Just as persons without physical impairments can benefit from regular exercise, persons with disabilities can improve their health through regular exercise as well. Unfortunately for those with SCI, regular exercise can be very difficult, so a program like that provided by Journey Forward can have a large impact on people’s lives.

As a fairly new nonprofit Journey Forward is still working to raise awareness of what they do. Even so, they have helped many people improve their lives, and it was inspiring to hear about some of the positive experiences of people who have worked with Journey Forward. Hopefully, we will see more programs like this all across the U.S.

28 Disability Sports for People with Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury can be a huge setback at first, especially for people who are used to lead active lives that include a lot of physical activities. However, this video by project Continue shows the many opportunities that still exist to engage in sporting activities thanks to the specialized adaptive equipment that removes barriers to participation after paralysis. While most of the recreational and sporting activities featured in this video are geared towards paraplegics, some of them also involve quadriplegics. Non-the less, the scenes are beautifully shot in high definition and these positive images may very well inspire many of us to continue to lead active lives despite of a physical disability.

Enjoy watching this awesome video!

continue from Jeffrey Rosenbluth on Vimeo.