Original article was published on Mpower Sports and Recreation on September 27th, 2016
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If you are an active wheelchair user, you are probably aware of the risks of getting a shoulder injury and potentially a surgery. It is almost more common to have a shoulder surgery among athletes than not these days. Even pushing your chair on a regular day to get around puts pressure on your shoulders. If you add vigorous exercise where you try to push harder and faster, it adds a significant density on shoulders. You need to take good care of your shoulders and have a balanced work out method, in which you work not only your big muscles in your shoulder gridle, but also the smaller ones.
Former Paralympic Star, Dave Kiley, lists 5 key factors that makes an athlete – a Paralympic Athlete.
As Team USA is finishing up its final round of training before heading down to Rio at the end of August, we are excited to present the U.S. Paralympic Men's and Women’s wheelchair basketball interviews to shed some light into the lives of some of the most incredible athletes and coaches in the world.
Many thanks to the National Wheelchair Basketball Association for helping coordinate the interviews for Team ABC and for letting us use photos of the athletes.
ABC Medical is the proud exclusive medical supply sponsor of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association.
We wish Team USA Best of Luck in Brazil!
Over the past few years, we have enjoyed working with community leaders to not only support their grassroots projects, but to also leverage their expertise in certain areas where we are not able to create programs for the disability community on our own together.
It is a pleasure to announce that Jessica has been selected to receive the ABC summer camp scholarship to attend the University of Alabama wheelchair basketball camp. We are sharing Jessica's essay, as it reflects pure passion and commitment, which is what the mission of this scholarship is. We are pleased to support Jessica in her journey in wheelchair basketball and wish her best of luck in her future endeavors!
Wyatt Johnson is one of the 4 wheelchair basketball athletes, who was recently selected to receive an ABC Medical scholarship to attend the Alabama Wheelchair Basketball Camp in Tuscaloosa, AL this weekend, July 7-10, 2016. Over 40 junior wheelchair athletes, between the ages 12-19 are expected to attend the 3-day long summer camp in Tuscaloosa at the University of Alabama's Recreation Center this weekend. Camp coaches include Ford Burttram, Alabama Men's Head Coach, Margaret Stran, Associate Director and former Team USA athlete, Adam Lancia, Alabama Women's Head Coach and current member of Team Canada, and Adam Kramer, Alabama Women's Assistant Coach.
In his application essay, Wyatt Johnson expressed his "love" for wheelchair basketball. "Hopefully one day, I'll be great at it- What better place to learn to be great in wheelchair basketball, other than Alabama!" Wyatt has been playing wheelchair basketball since he was 7 years old. He started at Lakeshore Foundation, in Birmingham and played with their prep team, the Sharks. Now, he plays with the varsity, the Lakers.
Receiving an invitation from a stranger to attend a “Community Dinner,” hosted in your own town nonetheless, does not happen very often. Especially when he is writing to you from thousands of miles away in Phoenix, AZ!
In the summer of 2015, during the Para Pan American Games in Toronto, a young athlete on Team USA caught our attention with his success in wheelchair racing. As we followed his athletic journey closer, we found out that he also played wheelchair basketball with the Para Spokane Jr. Team and traveled to Louisville for the NWBA Nationals. We were convinced this young athlete had a bright future ahead of him. We reached out to his family to learn more about his journey toward becoming the great athlete he is today. We are excited to share the story of Spencer Kimbro.
