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Pushing For The Podium At The Paris Paralympics
The Paralympics are less than 2 months away, and qualification events all but wrapped up. The focus is now on the individual competitors. These athletes have dedicated years of their lives for the chance to represent their countries in Paris. They know they have a real shot at Paralympic glory. These individuals have proved that ... Read more
The January Gym Paralympic Programme
Ah the holidays – that magical fortnight where time seems to slow down and all of life’s worries are cast aside. Friends and family come together, meals are prepared, parties are thrown, and diets are thrown out the window! Whether it’s an excess of food, an excess of drink, a lack of exercise, or, more ... Read more
Georgia’s Journey
We love connecting with customers and often get tagged on social media by people who are using and loving our gripping aids. One such person to tag us is Georgia Carmichael. Georgia had been using our Small Item Gripping Aid whilst in hospital to aid with her personal care as well as to embrace her ... Read more
Swimming For Gold With Rachael Watson
Back in 2016, in the build up to Rio, we published an article on a number of Paralympic hopefuls, one of whom was Australian swimmer Rachael Watson. Rachael, who has cerebral palsy along with the muscle weakening Guillain-Barre syndrome, was competing in the S4 50m freestyle, which she not only ended up winning, but set ... Read more
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 – 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
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
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
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
Does Paralympic sport benefit the right athletes?
Paralympic sport has come a long way from its humble beginnings at the Stoke Mandeville spinal cord injury unit in England just after the Second World War. This small sporting event, which at the time used competition between those with similar injuries to assist the rehabilitation of wheelchair users, is now a worldwide phenomenon. The ... Read more