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When I was just 22 years old, I was a passenger in a motorcycle crash that left me paralyzed from the chest down. Yet ever since, I’ve been able to live an independent, fulfilling life, thanks to modern medicine and medical devices. But soon, a federal agency could strip away my access to some of those essential tools — unless White House officials or Congress intervenes.
You don't have to have full-body mobility in order to reap the physical and mental health benefits of exercise. One growing exercise training model that taps into this notion is adaptive fitness. “Adaptive fitness describes how people with disabilities, or those who struggle with mobility, exercise and train,” explains Nikki Walsh, a Pennsylvania-based owner and personal trainer at Nikki Walsh Adapt Fit and co-owner of Wheel With Me Adapt Fit.
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