Lower Back Pain & Mountain Biking Community Day

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Chiropractor and Avid Mountain biker Dr. Spencer Cruttenden of Elemental Back & Body Will Host a Lower Back Pain & Mountain Biking Community Day on Saturday, July 26th starting at 10:00am. In this community event, Dr. Cruttenden will host a 30 minute seminar on discussing common mountain bike injuries and … Read more

Happy Belated Birthday to Sally Francklyn!

#HighFivesAthlete Spent Her 27th Birthday (7/20) Celebrating with Her Incredible Family! Happy Birthday Super Sally! “I had my birthday on Sunday, at home with my parents in Colorado Springs. I saw our family dog, a chocolate lab named Abby, and my brother has a chocolate lab/German short hared pointer mix. It’s very good to have … Read more

Happy 21st Birthday to Jason Craig!

#HighFivesAthlete Jason Craig is Spending Hist 21st Birthday (7/26) Kayaking in the Pacific Northwest! The High Fives Foundation is proud of Reno, NV resident Jason Craig on returning to kayak the Skookumchuk River in Brithish Columbia, Canada! Check out Jason video from the “Skooks” nearly eight years ago: Jason found his passion in paddling at a … Read more

Trax Foundation – Be Bionic – Walk Again

Congratulations to the Trax Foundation on Becoming an Official 501.c.3 Non-Profit Foundation! The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, July 8th approved the first ever robotic exoskeleton to help people with lower body paralysis. Trax just took one massive step forward in changing everyone’s life who has been touched by paralysis & limb injury. … Read more

Josh Dueck’s Infamous Sit-Ski Backflip

Salomon Freeski TV S5 E13 Sit Ski Backflip Josh Dueck sustained a spinal cord injury in 2004 in a ski accident, leaving him completely paralyzed from the waist down. Josh quickly accepted the fact that life was going to be different, and he did his best to enjoy the process of adjusting to a new life. … Read more

Community Day Spotlight: Masage with Cisco Ford

Certified Massage Therapist since 1998, Cisco Ford will team up with the High Fives Foundation to host a Massage Community Day on TODAY, July 19th from 10:00am to 2:00pm! Cisco specializes in deep tissue and sports massage, and he will administer hour-long appointments costing any size donation to the High Fives Foundation – to raise … Read more

Two High Fives Athletes Named to the 2014-2015 U.S. Paralympic Ski Team!

Congratulations to Jasmin Bambur and Andrew Kurka! U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced on Thursday, July 17th that 19 athletes have been nominated to the 2014-15 U.S. Paralympics Alpine Skiing National Team including two High Fives Athletes. Way to go guys! Read the full story from the U.S. Paralympics Alpine Skiing … Read more