Don't Worry. Do Wheelies!

Almost everyone starts with the same goal: I want to walk like I did before the injury. This episode is about why that framing quietly sets people up to feel like they failed and what a more useful picture looks like...

People send Abbie their injury level, their scans, sometimes the doctor's notes and ask what's going to happen. When she asks whether knowing would change anything, they say yes: they want to know the outcome before...

Lorie's doctors spent weeks waiting for her to break down after her spinal cord injury. She never did. This episode is about grief that doesn't look like grief, why there's no correct way to process a life-changing...

Everyone says the goal after spinal cord injury is walking. It isn't. In this episode we make the case for independence as the real goal, the highest level you can personally reach, and push back on the idea that not...

Walking after spinal cord injury isn't one thing. We break down functional walking, actually getting places, versus non-functional walking, where standing and stepping serve your body instead of your destination...

Spoiler: Lorie has a husband who thinks she's the greatest. Abbie has watched newly injured patients find love, start families, and build lives that look nothing like what they feared. In this episode, they tackle the...

Aging with SCI comes loaded with fear and very few answers but there's more you can do about it than anyone told you. Abbie breaks down the real connection between muscle mass, cardiovascular health, and longevity after...

Abbie and Lorie bring it back to the clinical and practical side of aquatic therapy. They break down what water therapy is actually useful for and what it isn't, so you can go in with the right expectations. From...

Abbie and Lorie dive into Lorie's personal experience with aquatic therapy after her spinal cord injury, from floating helplessly in inpatient rehab to the life-changing moment in the Mediterranean Sea where something...

Abbie and Lori dig into one of the most common habits in the spinal cord injury community: comparing injuries. Lori shares her own story of defying medical expectations, and together they break down why two people with...

Abbie and Lorie tackle one of the most avoided topics in spinal cord injury life: falls. Laurie shares three of her own fall stories. From a rogue wheelie in PT to a trash-can-demolishing nighttime mishap in rehab...

Pain is a constant companion in early rehabilitation, but not all pain means progress. In this episode, Lorie shares a story about being forced to stay upright when her body simply could not tolerate it and the moment...

After a spinal cord injury, some dreams feel too risky to revisit. In this episode, Lorie tells the story of how her lifelong love of horses became one of her greatest motivators in recovery. From the first cautious...

In this episode, Lorie shares a story from early rehabilitation that begins with snow, mischief, and a group of teenagers in wheelchairs — and ends with a powerful lesson about healing. What starts as a simple snowball...

In Part Two of our conversation with Kelley Simoneaux, we widen the lens beyond pressure sores to explore the legal and systemic issues that shape daily life after spinal cord injury. Kelley shares what she sees in...