Kids Kick Paralysis

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Positively Fit After Paralysis
Seated Rock-Outs
A free online class that's live on Zoom.
Starts Soon: Tuesday, July 18at 4:30 ET
Positively Fit After Paralysis:
Seated Rock-Outs
Tuesdays at 4:30 pm Eastern Time
July 18 - September 12, 2023
Dig out those headphones and crank up your speakers because this new session of classes will have MUSIC to motivate us to work hard.

This is a FREE class that includes adaptive cardio, strength training, and stretching. It is accessible for wheelchair users and people living with paralysis and other disabilities that affect mobility. Adaptations are provided. Register using this link!👇🏼
Positively Fit After Paralysis (July 18 - Sept 12)
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Class is led by Jerod Nieder, who has a C-5 complete spinal cord injury. Jerod trains for handcycling in marathons and has completed the New York marathon in 2021 and 2022. Check out his PositivelyParalyzed media using the link below.👇🏼

Hanna & Jerod
PositivelyParalyzed➕♿️
https://linktr.ee/positivelyparalyzed

PositivelyParalyzed | Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree View positivelyparalyzed’s Linktree. Listen to their music on YouTube, Spotify here.

https://bernheim.org/wheelchair/
Some exciting new for our kiddos! They can explore Bernheim in a GRIT Freedom wheelchair at no charge! Reserve yours today!

GRIT All Terrain Wheelchair - Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest The GRIT Freedom Chair (GRIT) is available for your next visit to Bernheim! A manual, all-terrain wheelchair powered by levers, the GRIT is more similar to a mountain bike than a typical manual wheelchair.

We would like to congratulate all of the participants who played in the USA Hockey National Disabled Hockey Festival! Three participants from our program were on teams that competed in Nationals this year. All of the teams played hard and two of our participants were on teams that became national champions! Congratulations to all of the teams and to the Champions - The Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins and the Indy Steel!

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http://divergenow.com/dialogue/2017/03/canadian-tires-hoop-dreams/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAJyG15wqik

Going viral for all the right reasons. Watch the video that's striking a chord with Canadians & people around the world.

https://www.eastendtrialgroup.com/pa-wheelchair-para-ambulatory-athletes-track-field/

Pennsylvania Wheelchair and Para Ambulatory Athletes May Now Compete In Track And Field - East End Trial Group In a groundbreaking vote on March 22, 2023, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) adopted a modified version of a proposal from Alex Brown (North Catholic) and Trent Clayton (West Chester East) to allow students with disabilities to compete at PIAA’s annual Track and Field Champ...

We are pleased to share a summary of last year's Neuromodulation Symposium, Moving Beyond Isolated Systems:

A whole-body approach to understanding spinal cord injury, recovery, and the current scientific evidence for neuromodulation.
Expand your knowledge about SCI treatment and recovery.
https://www.scineuromodulation.com/wp-content/uploads/MBIS_Symposium-Article.pdf

www.scineuromodulation.com

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/64481624

Barbie creators have made a doll with scoliosis - CBBC Newsround The toy company have created a range of Chelsea dolls, Barbie's younger sister, which will soon include a new doll with the spine condition.

Meet our new U of L President: Dr. Kim Schatzel!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x9SuAYF6hCc

Ready to roll: New president excited to work with the UofL community New UofL president Dr. Kim Schatzel hits the ground running to listen, learn and work with students, faculty, staff and the community.

https://swimswam.com/the-first-collegiate-program-for-para-swimming-is-taking-shape-at-arizona/?fbclid=IwAR1BeGwzefWRKsoL1W9PTP8UmA1fXuaXGm5xwXjRKpDoG2tH-LpUDqykS70

The First Collegiate Program for Para Swimming is Finally Taking Shape at Arizona Arizona freshman Noah Thomas (pictured) made some noise at U.S. Para Nationals last month when he picked up a silver medal in the 50-meter butterfly.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2023/01/19/jansport-launches-highly-adaptive-bag-and-backpack-range-for-mobility-impaired/?sh=325b96c94937
Finally!!

JanSport Launches Highly Adaptive Bag And Backpack Range For Mobility Impaired This week, Jansport released a first-of-its-kind collection of adaptive bags and backpacks to address the unmet needs of mobility device users who want to bring efficiency to their daily lives alongside a stylistic flourish.

On this day in 2016, the world lost a wonderful person and an integral member of our team: Shelley A. Trimble. Shelley had a gift for connecting with young people and spent her 34-year-long career passionately advocating for children with disabilities and their families. She came to Louisville from Gainesville, Florida in the fall of 2012, along with Dr. Andrea Behrman, to establish one of the first pediatric neurorecovery programs of its kind in the country at Frazier Rehab Institute. She believed strongly in locomotor training as the best therapy she had ever witnessed for improving the lives of children with spinal cord injuries. She was a warm, funny person, and well-known among patients, friends, and colleagues for her sense of humor and imaginative "Shelley-isms"— puns, stories, silly songs, and turns of phrase that she seemed to invent on a daily basis.

The Shelley A. Trimble Memorial Fund was established in remembrance of her life and contributions as a pediatric physical therapist. This fund helps many families "fill the gaps” when insurance has not covered the full cost of therapy.

Today, in memory of Shelley, a beloved friend to Dr. Behrman and the Pediatric NeuroRecovery team, we are asking you to share this post on your page and request a donation of $34 in memory of Shelley's 34 year-long career. If you don't have $34, every dollar makes a difference. We need your help to ensure that all children with spinal cord injuries have full access to activity-based therapies to make their lives better. Thank you for sharing and for helping us celebrate Shelley’s contributions to our children’s recovery.

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Several of our patients and families joined our staff with their families for early trick or treating at Boo at the Zoo Kosair Kids Night.

Backbone Youth Summer program. Deadline to apply is Friday, April 8th. https://backbonesonline.com/youth-summer-program/

Youth Summer Program - BACKBONES The Youth Leaders Program unites youth (ages 15-18) with spinal cord injuries and disease (SCI/D) in a community-based program to build on leadership skills

The Central Illinois Thunder Youth All-Girls Sled Hockey Team will be competing in the 2022 Griff's Sled Hockey Classic! The team is believed to be the first all-girls/women sled team in the US, asid from the USA National Team!
https://prohockeynews.com/central-illinois-thunder-youth-all-girls-team-to-set-compete-next-month/

Central Illinois Thunder Youth All-Girls team to set compete next month | Pro Hockey News PEORIA, IL - Next month during a hockey tournament, a team will take the ice that will be the first of its kind in the United States. At the 2022 Griff's Sled Hockey Classic in Grand Rapids, MI, the Central Illinois Thunder Youth squad will be represented by an all-girls team. It is believed this .....

A great look into the work Dr. Behrman is doing here at the University of Louisville!

UofL Professor Andrea Behrman is putting innovation in motion to transform the health of children with spinal cord injuries. Powerhouse researchers drive progress.

Learn more 🔗 hereandbeyond.louisville.edu/andrea-behrman/

In October, the University of Louisville celebrated a generous $5.5 million grant from Kosair Charities to continue our work for the next 5 years. You can read more about this grant, and hear from the families of our patients at the link below
https://www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltoday/kosair-charities-grants-6-4-million-to-uofl-for-childrens-health-programs/

Kosair Charities grants $6.4 million to UofL for children's health programs | UofL News The Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric NeuroRecovery at the University of Louisville brings about recovery for children with spinal cord injuries through therapies developed by the center's director, Andrea Behrman, professor in the UofL Department of Neurological Surgery, and her team within the...

Ivanhoe News recently interviewed Dr. Behrman and the family of one of our patients to discuss the Pediatric NeuroRecovery Program! Watch the video to see how we're helping kids to Kick Paralysis!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMsWfqslozY

PEDIATRIC SPINAL CORD INJURY: LOCOMOTOR TRAINING GETS LUKE ON HIS FEET As a new parent, it’s something that nothing can prepare you for. An injury at birth that may prevent a child from ever walking. Scientists have designed a m...

We have started using Loop+ in the clinic with our patients! Loop+ is a health tracker for wheelchair users that continuously monitors seated pressure and positioning in everyday life. The sensor pad sits under the cushion of the wheelchair and is connected to a mobile app. It shows the body's movement, pressure and position to help understand routine and risk. All day. Everyday.
https://vimeo.com/556703177

Everyday visibility at school with loop+ Continuous monitoring gives parents an understanding of their child's seated activities. Where ever they are, who ever they are with.

This Saturday, November 20th, Rocksport Climbing Gym will be hosting their monthly adaptive climbing clinics for kids and adults!
See their website below for more information!

https://www.catalystsports.org/adventures/louisville/

Louisville - Catalyst Sports Louisville Welcome to the Louisville, KY Chapter! We provide life changing, community based, adaptive adventure sports for people with disabilities in Louisville and the surrounding community ADAPTIVE ROCK CLIMBING Indoor Rock Climbing: Now offering monthly adaptive climbing clinics for youth and ad...

Nature Communications, the journal which recently published the work by Dr. Keller and our team, has chosen the article 'Noninvasive spinal stimulation safely enables upright posture in children with spinal cord injury' as part of their Editor Highlights collection of translational and clinical research! You can read this article and others in the collection on their website
https://www.nature.com/collections/ecgchegdhe

Translational and clinical research Translational and clinical research

Congratulations to Dr. Anastasia Keller and our team for the publication of their article 'Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation Safely Enables Upright Posture in Children with Spinal Cord Injury'!
Click the link below to read the article, published in Nature Communications!
https://victoryoverparalysis.org/noninvasive-spinal-stimulation-safely-enables-upright-posture-in-children-with-spinal-cord-injury/

Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation Safely Enables Upright Posture in Children with Spinal Cord Injury – Victory Over Paralysis Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation Safely Enables Upright Posture in Children with Spinal Cord Injury October 7, 2021 Pediatric Publication As published in Nature Communications In children with spinal cord injury (SCI), scoliosis due to trunk muscle paralysis frequently requires surgical treatment. Tra...

September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month!
Join our team here at Frazier by wearing green on this Friday to acknowledge those in our community living with spinal cord injury

Dr. Andrea Behrman and Danielle Stout (OT), along with Tommy Rousell and Saralyn Callahan have been granted a newly issued patent for a handwriting assistive device that can be used by adults or children!
This device will help those with spinal cord injury to work on their fine motor control in their hands and fingers.
Congrats to this team!

Alex is fighting to allow wheelchair-using high school athletes in Pennsylvania the same opportunity to qualify for and compete in state Track and Field Championships. Alex competes in shotput and the 100-meter sprint. Alex and his family hope this injunction hopes to promote change in high school sports.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/video/5925924-local-athletes-sues-piaa/

Local Athletes Sues PIAA A high school athlete wants the PIAA to allow wheelchair athletes to compete. KDKA's Meghan Schiller has more.

Recently, the University of Louisville hosted a special event to commemorate the partnership of the University and Kosair Charities. Kosair Charities has supported the Pediatric NeuroRecovery Program since Day 1, and we are incredibly grateful for their support and allowing us to continue helping children. Watch the video below to see what Kosair Charities' support means to one of our families.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy4dOQOWGKU

University of Louisville’s Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric Neurorecovery In 2014, Kosair Charities invested in a vision to provide the best care for spinal cord injuries, conduct cutting-edge research to guide our therapies, and t...

We're hiring! The Pediatric NeuroRecovery Program at Frazier Rehab is currently hiring Activity-Based Techs. Our techs help provide therapy to children ages 1-18 with spinal cord injuries, and are an integral part of our program!

If you or someone you know is interested in applying, please click the link below, or reach out to us via email!
https://careers-uoflhealth.icims.com/jobs/16679/activity-based-technician%2c-pediatrics--u-of-l-health%2c-frazier-rehab-institute-downtown--full-time--days/job

Activity Based Technician, Pediatrics- U of L Health, Frazier Rehab Institute Downtown- Full time- Days in Louisville, Kentucky | Careers at Frazier Rehab Institute- FRAZI The Activities Based Tech I provides a direct supportive role in the delivery of therapy services – primarily in the Activity Based Therapy, Research and Community Fitness and Wellness Programs.

During their Red Tie Gala this year, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana - RMHCK featured a video of a family that had stayed with them during therapy with the Pediatric NeuroRecovery Program. We are so grateful for the Ronald McDonald House, and all that they provide to our families as a "home away from home".
You can watch the video they put together at the link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO-KQxLwHUQ

Meet Tamatha and Aidan. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tamatha and Aidan stayed at Louisville's Ronald McDonald House for Aiden's spinal cord injury therapy. This is their extraordin...