Here is a quick update on our previous post: Experea employee will bike 100 miles in ‘MS Bay to Bay Tour’ She did it! Not only did Annika bike the expected 100 miles for the Multiple Sclerosis Society’s ‘BIKE FOR MS – BAY TO BAY TOUR 2011′, but she also biked an extra 50 miles [...]
Nothing Is Impossible by Christopher Reeve Christopher Reeve, an actor and famous spinal cord injury (SCI) advocate, challenges readers to push through limitations set before them and to discover their hidden strength. He emphasizes that everyone has the innate ability to overcome hardships in life, and we must use that to better the community and [...]
Honored as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and serving the healthcare needs of Palm Beach County for over 25 years, Delray Medical Center is a 493-bed acute care center located at the hub of a 43-acre medical campus. Delray’s many services include Cardiovascular Care, Diagnostics, 24 Hour Emergency care, fair Oaks Psychiatric Pavilion, Heart Center, Hospice, Neurosciences, Orthopedic Surgery, Outpatient Services, Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital, Sleep Disorders, Surgery, Trauma, Urology, Wound Treatment. For the fourth consecutive year, Delray has been recognized as one of by Healthgrades, a leading independent healthcare ratings company. This ranking is based on superior clinical outcomes over seven years.
United States Handcycling Federation, Inc. is a non-profit corporation designed to create integrated cycling opportunities for wheelchair users and athletes with lower-mobility impairments. The Corporation is an association of individuals and organizations operating within the meaning of section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
1. To perpetuate, improve and extend the sport of cycling in the U.S.A.
2. To stimulate the interest of people in healthy sports participation through cycling and handcycling.
3. To supervise and administer continuing integrated cycling programs for all age groups for the purpose of stimulating interest and developing athletes through careful preparation and planning, utilizing new or existing facilities, resources and coaching.
4. To unify and coordinate the efforts of those interested in promoting integrated cycling, including handcycling, and to permit all interested parties to have a vote in the development disabled cycling in the U.S.A.
5. To develop programs — either independently or collaboratively — to field competitive teams to represent the U.S.A. at International competitions with the express goal of maximizing the number of medals won in cycling.
6. To develop handcycling as a larger part of the local, regional, national, and global cycling community.
7. To participate in global efforts that create more opportunities for handcyclists [worldwide] in the cycling and/or Paralympic arenas.
To learn more, click here.
Invivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp., the leading developer in spine streatment technology, has just announced Dr. Edward Wirth will be the company’s new cheif science officer as of December 5, 2011. Known as one of the world’s foremost experts in spinal cord injury (SCI) and regenerative medicine, Wirth will lead the first human clinical study for [...]
To most people, the thought of biking 100 miles would make them feel exhausted and intimidated, however Vice President of Operations at Experea Healthcare, Annika Marmiroli, is definitely not like most people. Her love for marathon running and cycling has inspired her newest challenge yet, the MS Bay to Bay Bike Tour on October 22 [...]
Saturday, September 24, a member from the Experea community- Hal Hargrave held an annual fundraiser to support his non-profit organization, “Be Perfect.” Three staff members of Experea attended the awe-inspiring event in support for our friend Hal. Dean Maccabe, Annika Marmiroli and Megan Canrella all enjoyed a night of silent auction, live entertainment, dinner, dancing [...]
An international research team announces it has taken a key step toward achieving its goal of a prosthetic exoskeleton that a quadriplegic could command by brain power. In a busy lab at Duke University, Dr. Miguel Nicolelis is merging brain science with engineering in a bid to create something fantastical: a full-body prosthetic device that would [...]
Come join the fun at the first ever wheelchair tennis tournament at the Yorba Linda Country Club! This is a great new event for those players who would like to return to the old-school feel tournaments of years gone by, where it’s more about the easy-going good times with friends, but also feeds the competitive spirit for those chasing the points and the top spots in their divisions. So mark your calendars!
Divisions :LM(Op)sd; LM(A)sd; LM(B)sd; LM(C)sd; LW(Op)sd; LW(A)sd; LQ(Op)s; LQ(Op)d; LJ(OpA)s; LJ(OpA)d
Tournament ID: 650001911 (USTA tournament information page)
Dates: November 5-6, 2011
Organization: Adaptive Athletics Association
Location: Yorba Linda Country Club
19400 Mountain View
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Organization Phone: (213) 925-8638
Organization Website: http://www.adaptiveathletics.org
