Ed Quijada – as part of this series, Ed and Amy chat with new patients suffering a spinal cord injury

Jumping out of a tree or riding a motorcycle without a helmet aren’t the only bad decisions that can turn into a spinal cord injury.

There’s also texting while driving and not wearing a seat belt.

This was the message that locals with spinal cord injuries were hoping to send as they spoke about awareness at various local schools.

During Florida Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week, Coral Springs residents Ryan Gebauer and Alex Lutin spoke about the dangers of bad decisions at various local high schools, including Coral Glades and Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Continue Reading »

The car accident that damaged Patrick Rummerfield’s spinal cord in 1974 should have laid him up permanently.

So why does he now drive drag racers in Texas, race drag boats on Creve Coeur Lake, break land speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats, run marathons across Antarctica or run endurance races across the Gobi Desert in China? Continue Reading »