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Tips for the Newly Quarantined Part One: Staying Active
The last few weeks have been an unprecedented time for everyone. Concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic have ground life to a halt for most people, forcing us to find new ways of maintaining a “normal” routine. From her home in Colorado, TeamUP Co-Captain Becky Piper...
Tips for the Newly Quarantined Part Two: Staying Happy
In part one of our "quarantine" series, TeamUP Co-Captain Becky Piper shared her tips for finding ways to stay active and exercising while undergoing social distancing and self-quarantine. In this edition, she’ll walk us through the ways she’s keeping up her mental...
Inspiring Stories: Brittany Quiroz — “A Hot MS”
For years, Brittany Quiroz could sense that something wasn’t quite right with her body. Among the various symptoms she was experiencing, she was losing the ability to control her left leg, which led to daily tripping and falling. She didn’t think much of it until...
Staying Positive in Dark Times
After the attack that nearly claimed her life left her paralyzed on her right side, Becky Piper faced a tough road to recovery. Though today her friends and family know her as an unwaveringly positive, upbeat person, that outlook didn’t come easy. In addition to...
What I Miss the Most: 4 Co-Captains Share Their Story
Adjusting to life with mobility challenges is full of ups-and-downs. While there are often immense obstacles like re-learning how to walk, there are just as often day-to-day issues that challenge and frustrate. We asked four TeamUP co-captains to describe the...
Inspiring Stories: Bobby Salerno
Bobby Salerno was still new to the New York Police Department when he was involved in a shooting that left him with Foot Drop. It was March 22, 2010, when he confronted a gunman threatening a home health aide in a tense standoff. He was shot three times in his...
Craig Vogtsberger: I’m a Stay-at-Home Dad with a Disability
Speaking with TeamUP co-captain Craig Vogtsberger today, you might never know he suffered a traumatic injury so severe doctors didn’t know where to begin. After being crushed between two Humvees during a training exercise in the National Guard, Craig was uncertain...
A Caregiver’s Perspective: Sam Piper
When TeamUP co-captain Becky Piper suffered the home invasion attack that would forever change her life, her husband, Sam, knew his life would never be the same either. The aftermath of the attack, which lead to Becky's development of several debilitating...
5 Questions About Spina Bifida with Adam & Kellie Luke
TeamUP co-captain Adam Luke is the youngest member of TeamUP yet. At just 8 years old, he's showing the world how the condition known as Spina Bifida (and, more specifically in Adam's case, L3 Myelomeningocele) can't stop his quest for a happy, activity-filled...
Inspiring Stories: Christa Wagner
As I flipped head-over-heels out of my saddle — unsure of which end was up or down — my first thought was, “How in the world did I get here?” Like any good “horse-woman" I immediately got back into the saddle and finished my ride. Like a dummy I did not tell...