Sports & Leisure

Wheelchair racing

Focus on Sport: Wheelchair Racing

Sport is a well-known key contributor to leading a healthy and independent lifestyle and is arguably even more important to those living with a disability. Physical fitness, mental wellness and a community of like-minded people are just some of the benefits of taking a regular part in disabled sport, at any level. But what options ... Read more

pushing for the Paralympics with covid logo

Pushing For The Paralympics – The Tokyo Trail (Part 2)

Last summer, after the announcement that the Tokyo Paralympics were going to be pushed back a full year to August 2021, we spoke to a few Paralympic hopefuls about the effect this had had on them, how they were adapting their training during quarantine, and how Active Hands gripping aids for the gym were helping ... Read more

Cartoon arm flexing muscles

10 Tips for a Fitter 2021…

We’ve put together 10 handy tips for getting started on a fitter 2021. If you have a disability, our gripping aids could help.

Kylie competing in wheelchair rugby

Pushing for the Paralympics: Kylie Grimes

An avid athlete and show jumper, it didn’t take Kylie long to transition into a Paralympian after a 2006 diving accident left her paralysed at C5/6 level. In 2009, only three years after her injury, she cycled 450km from Vietnam to Cambodia in order to raise money for charity, and by 2011 she was having ... Read more

Brandon Competing in wheelchair racing

Pushing for the Paralympics: Brandon Beack

Brandon is a former gymnast from Cape Town, South Africa, who was involved in a training accident in 2012, when he was just 16 years old, which resulted in him suffering a C6/7 spinal cord injury.  He very quickly transitioned from gymnastics to para-athletics, and within a few short years he was competing in everything ... Read more

Tokyo Paralympics moved to 2021

Pushing for the Paralympics: Jillian Elwart

With the Tokyo Paralympic start date now delayed until August 2021, a full year after they were originally slated to begin, we thought it would be a good idea to launch what we hope will be a series of articles focusing on a handful of athletes who are vying for spots on their country’s Paralympic ... Read more

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Check out our top 10 summer must-haves

For many of us, the summer months are arriving and this year, time outside seems even more vital than normal. Whether we’re getting into gardening, meeting up with friends or just enjoying going for a walk and getting some fresh air, the warmer weather is certainly making us smile. This week our team have been ... Read more

Gareth demonstrates a range of Theraband/resistance band exercises

Exercising At Home – A Self-Isolation Guide

We are living in unprecedented times. The entire world is on lockdown. Cinemas, pubs, restaurants, schools, gyms – all closed. And even if they were open, any person with a health related disability is being told to quarantine themselves at home for at least 12 weeks in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19. ... Read more

Norma uses a seated rower as part of her rehabilition

Rehab On A Rower

When Norma suffered a stroke, it affected the entire left side of her body, greatly reducing the strength and mobility in her arm and hand.

Damien using the General Purpose aid with his archery bow

Shooting For Glory

There are very few examples of athletes who have competed in both the Olympic and Paralympic games. To be precise, or as precise as Wikipedia can be, there have only ever been 15 athletes who have represented their countries in both competitions and none who have done it so many years later. Damien Letulle aims ... Read more

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