Tag: Sports & Recreation

Can’t wait a whole year to scratch your Paralympics itch? No worries: The rest of this summer’s calendar is packed ...

All-terrain chairs (aka trackchairs) enable amputees, wheelchair users, and other people with disabilities to enjoy the wilderness. And they’re becoming ...

Pickleball is a great sport for amputees. It offers all the fun of tennis without all the physical demands. Here's ...

This story might inspire others—challenged with a hand injury, or absence, or other physical challenge—not to give up, but to ...

by Andrew Gray @drew.bionic Over the years, my family tree has had a few branches that pruned themselves. When I ...

In 2021, amputee athlete Lacey Henderson got hit by an emotional storm typhoon. Buffeted by pride, anger, guilt, self-doubt, and ...

Cosi Belloso, a specialist in amputee physical therapy, created her "Strong Body" videos to help amputees stick to a healthy, ...

Do you ever have moments when your world stops short because you’re hurting and you can’t get out and be ...

by Jennifer Johnson We dive not to escape life, but for life not to escape us." - Anonymous An instructor at Mount Madonna Institute once told me, ...

Amputees and other people with disabilities will play football this fall as the nine-team USA Wheelchair Football League makes its ...

In an exclusive interview, NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel discusses the trends driving the network's beefed-up coverage of the Tokyo ...

From mountains to sea, intrepid amputees are getting active everywhere. Taking up an outdoor activity during summer can be a ...

When COVID put the Paralympics on hold, amputee athlete Hunter Woodhall didn’t need long to figure out how to rechannel ...

Follow us online for exclusive ideas, tips, and features. Amplitude Media Group www.livingwithamplitude.com @_Amplitude_ @livingwithamplitude STAR-STUDDED LINEUP Which 2020 amputee ...

For a while, it looked like the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics might not happen at all. A couple of months ...

While it’s risky to speculate about the future and how it might affect people’s lives, past experience and current trends ...

When we have an opportunity to make an impact in our own communities, amputees usually come together to assist those ...

Below-knee amputee Ben Lovell is fighting a heroic battle to preserve circulation to his residual limb. His doctors have given ...

Double amputee Nate Denofre is canoeing the entire length of the Mississippi River to inspire people with physical impairments and ...

He’s the only amputee ever selected in the National Football League draft. And on Saturday, Shaquem Griffin added his name ...

Born without her left arm below the elbow, Kaitlin Heatherly struggled with shaky confidence and low self-esteem until very recently.

The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) announced a record-breaking 3,921 individual grants were awarded to athletes worldwide—making it the largest grant ...

This dude works so hard. Seems like he never runs completely out of energy. He posts regularly. He writes thoughtful ...

Disability rights blogger, podcaster, whirlwind, and social media phenom Lacey Henderson seems to be everywhere these days. At 30, she’s ...

The Agitos Foundation has launched a call for nominations for the I’mPOSSIBLE Award, which will be presented at the Tokyo ...

Before hitting the track to compete in an officially sanctioned race, some elite Paralympic sprinters must do something most runners ...

We got a lot of positive feedback last month on Angie Heuser's first-person story about learning to surf. So we ...

A person’s identity plays a vital role in his or her life. I am a 62-year-old bilateral amputee who, after ...

The Agitos Foundation has announced the 29 grantees of the seventh edition of its Grant Support Programme (GSP), which makes ...

By Rene Agredano We all want a healthcare provider who understand our needs and hopes. But if our medical team isn’t giving ...

On October 12 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Roderick Sewell accomplished something that no other bilateral above-knee amputee has done before—cross the ...

A year after a life-threatening accident, Spc. Ezra Maes is still amazed at the circumstances that helped him survive. If ...

Jamie Brown prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games by sticking to a strict workout regime. U.S. Air Force photo ...

Exercise and increased physical activity are effective for both prevention and treatment of depression, concludes a research review in Current ...

Needing to ride in a wheelchair can put the brakes on myriad opportunities–some less obvious than one might think. New ...

Alicia Lammers takes her role in life with her husband, retired Staff Sgt. Matt Lammers, very seriously. He is her ...

Patients receiving a post-operative prescription of ibuprofen with a rescue prescription of Percocet used less opioids than a group of ...

By Eric Quander “IF ONLY I HAD A, I COULD BE B.” “I CAN’T DO X, BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE ...

OPAF and The First Clinics are seeking individuals to serve on the OPAF board of directors. Board members serve one-, ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has released the first 2019 edition of its magazine The Paralympian. The issue is filled ...

The International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC’s) “Transforming Lives Makes Sense for Everyone” campaign, which showcases the employment legacy of the London 2012 ...

Kinetic Prosthetics, West Chester, Pennsylvania, recently hosted an OPAF First Dance Clinic in recognition of Limb Loss Awareness Month in ...

On April 15, Marko Cheseto Lemtukei set a new world record in the marathon for bilateral amputee athletes. Cheseto completed ...

Are you active enough? Mark Sederberg, DO, presented a research abstract on the rarely studied topic of exercise rates in the ...

With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opening in just over 500 days, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the ...

The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), which has helped thousands of athletes with physical challenges gain access to sports, will cap ...

    Hanger Clinic recently sponsored a First Swim in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Harris YMCA. This was the ...

By Élan Young Images courtesy of Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis. Watch anyof the videos on Hunter Woodhall and Tara ...

Watch anyof the videos on Hunter Woodhall and Tara Davis’ YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/channel/UCIK0rlPzvgI0tCwuHrtO82w) and you’ll feel the energy between this ...

Kinesiologists at McMaster University have found that physical activity may help fight depression in seniors by stimulating muscle-generated mood boosters. ...