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Activity during the Fall

In my 35 years as a quad amputee physical activity has been the main reason for my weight maintaining a consistent variable. This has been advantages for me staying active. The problem at times has been trying to find the time, activities or just exercises in general to maintain and advance my physical fitness. With over 54 million people with disabilities and only a few being physically fit, I fall into a category in which secondary health conditions can be an issue as I advance in my age. Hence, it is imperative that I develop, maintain and increase my physical fitness regimen.

Posted by Bob Lujano Nov 12, 2015 Posted in Disability No Comments

National Healthy Skin Month

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It’s National Healthy Skin Month, and World Wide Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day (November 19th) is just around the corner. It is important to raise awareness about pressure sores because they can become infected or even life-threatening very quickly.

Posted by Rebecca Cline Nov 02, 2015 Posted in Disability 4 Comments

Now that is a Treat!

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As we approach the holiday season. I enjoy traveling and participating in all types of activities. I am always down for all the different ways to celebrate Halloween. I enjoy it because in life it’s great to celebrate and fellowship with each other. At this time of year, celebrating is all right with me.

Posted by Bob Lujano Oct 30, 2015 Posted in Disability No Comments

Questions arise from Neal’s airline issue

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The 29-year-old man with cerebral palsy allegedly waited more than 30 minutes on a United Airlines plane parked at a Reagan International Airport gate while workers were supposed to bring an aisle wheelchair to his seat so he could get off the plane and go to the restroom. So, he decided to crawl down the aisle to disembark the plane and get his own wheelchair.

Posted by Josh pate Oct 28, 2015 Posted in Disability 2 Comments

Holiday Exercise?

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It is slowly getting to that time of year when we embark upon our holiday fun and festivities let’s not forget that as much as we want to get away from it all let’s not forget to do what we typically do when we are not on break. That is Exercise! More importantly, let’s try to over indulge on things that we typically do indulge on. That would be everything!

Posted by Bob Lujano Oct 14, 2015 Posted in Disability No Comments

Waterski World Championships 2015

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The 12^th Disabled Water Ski World Championships was held in Elk Grove, California (near Sacramento) September 24-27, 2015. The event was held on Shortline Lake (my second favorite lake to ski on in the world) with the support and hospitality of the lake owners (including the Bush and Detirck Families). On its slow, blue water 48 skiers from 11 countries slalomed, tricked, and jumped their hearts out to try to win the gold for their team and country. Ultimately, the United States came away with the team gold, Australia took silver, and Italy took the bronze medal. Lakeshore’s own athletes Joe Ray took 8^th overall in the men’s seated division and the team gold with the USA and Derek Vanderbom took 3^rd overall in the men’s seated division and the silver medal with team Australia.

Posted by Kerri Vanderbom Oct 12, 2015 Posted in Disability 1 Comment

Athletes with CP in the Sport World

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Wheelchair rugby has been a competitive sport in the US for almost 30 years and it has been an inter-national competitive sport over the last 20 years. There have been many changes to the sport of wheelchair rugby, within the game, the rules, and the equipment. However, there has also been a change that has very much impacted the sport from an athlete point of view. The inclusion of athletes with cerebral palsy (CP) have shaped or impacted the many teams in the world of wheelchair.

Posted by Bob Lujano Oct 07, 2015 Posted in Disability No Comments

Exercise? It’s all attitude and a calendar

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With the beginning of the fall season, a change in schedule always precipitates. I have now established a change in exercises, days to exercise, diet, and even rest days during the fall. Over the last three years, I have grown accustomed to having a calendar that lists my daily schedule and activities. When this happens I feel like I have switched gears from summer fun activities to hard core structure I basically have my fall season planned out for each day. This is great for me considering I just spent the summer free lancing it. I can then focus on just bringing a fun-filled attitude for when it’s time to exercise.

Posted by Bob Lujano Sep 30, 2015 Posted in Disability No Comments

Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day

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September 30 marks the first global awareness day of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. As most people know, breast cancer, leukemia and diabetes are well-recognized and researched diseases. Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, on the other hand, has failed to capture the attention of researchers, even though it has been around for quite some time. The goal of the day is to help bring awareness to the disease through social media, volunteering and reaching out to news media outlets.

Posted by Jade Rich Sep 28, 2015 Posted in Disability 1 Comment

It’s that time of year!

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It is that time of the year! It is my favorite time of the year. It’s the time of year when I get to meet up with my rugby teammates and start training. Competitive athletic season is upon us. Ready or not, here it comes? Or in some people’s cases, it is already here.

Posted by Bob Lujano Sep 25, 2015 Posted in Disability 3 Comments