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- it’s been 10 years since I fell 50 feet and my life changed forever. I share the story of how I got hurt, why I started Wheels2Walking, and how you can use this channel to thrive if you’re a wheelchair user ⬛️OFFICIAL MERCH ⬛️ shopwheels2wal...
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Your intentions for this channel was to give people who have recently been diagnosed with Spinal Cord Injuries a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. I have to have say, that for people like myself, who was born with a physical disability that's had me in a wheelchair my entire life (over 30 years) these videos have been a major help for me as well.
How do you survive it bro
I am 56. I use wheel chair because of MS destroying my nerves.
Maybe this year you could have some older wheel chair users and different reasons for wheelchair use. Like disease and differing abilities. You and other wheelchair TH-camrs have help me tremendously. Thank you.
I agree, I also have MS and although not yet in a wheelchair it is inevitable. Been researching everything I can. This channel has given me hope that I can keep my independence.
100% this. I'm 56 as well and use a wheelchair because of a degenerative bone disease and connective tissue disorder. I love your channel Richard, but my biggest suggestion would be more content for non-paralyzed and ambulatory wheelchair users. One of my favorite videos you did was talking about why you use your wheelchair if you can walk, and using the video game graphics really helped folks understand my situation. One other topic that is still eluding me is navigating in snow and cold climates. Perhaps you could find another youtuber who lives in a cold climate and do a collab? I'm housebound and cannot leave for literally weeks at a time because I can't navigate in the snow and ice, and don't have folks to help. Thanks!
100% I got my wheelchair last month. I have ms too. I'm 28 now. This channel and a few others have helped me learn and accept my need for my chair, how to use my chair and how to live with it, tips and tricks. Etc.
Because of this channel I knew about how my wheelchair fitting and what I'd like roughly and what type I wanted (self propelled over electric).
I might add, this page has been fantastic because those of us who've never been to rehab (I can't even get PT - long story) have never learned the "right" way to do things. I've asked, and just been told I need to figure it out. Videos like these are a lifeline to those of us who've never been in rehab.
@@AndiPandiBee Wise choice to get a manual if you still can use your arms. Weight gain is a common problem for wheelchair users so getting the exercise is important.
I'm 56 and been a wheelie for 7 due to a stroke that left me paralyzed.
Thank you for being inspirational. I almost gave up living but watching this gives me hope.
Dianna Newton coming up on 28. April 17th, 10 days after I turned 27 I got my first chair, I had been on bedrest for 5 month prior and started watching Richard In January- by the time I got my own chair I was so hyped up for it and my experience has been 99% incredible- I LOVE my chair and my disability, I feel so excited and alive every time I look at my chair... if you’d like you are more than welcome over on my channel too- I’ll be doing a few similarish things to this channel in the coming future as well as talking mental health, interviews and more- no pressure but most certainly welcome. I hope you’re well, please don’t give up on yourself- every negative can be turned positive, I promise you that. (That’s what made me start my channel)
Same
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january 31st will be my 10th year in a wheelchair. dam. pretty close i’d say.
i was 6 when i got diagnosed with TM and i’m 16 now. its been a struggle but i’m doing things i never expected to do independently at that time.
keep doing what your doing man.
Congratulations on all your personal and channel growth! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY FIRST YEAR IN A WHEELCHAIR FUUUUNNN! I LOOVE LOVE LOVE MY WHEELCHAIR THANKS TO YOU I FEEL LIKE A TOTAL GODDESS IN MY CHAIR. ALL THE LOVE AND HEALTH TO YOU MY AMERICAN CHAIR BROTHER- from Scotland 🏴 U.K. 🇬🇧 can’t wait to show off my chair on my channel!!
As a wheelie, that has taught myself to walk short distances, I find channels like this are necessary. Thank you for your continued work. Love and prayers from Canada.
For you it's been 10 years, for me it's been... well, 34, 22 of them in a wheelchair, and you showed me a whole new perspective how to approach my entire state of being. While I'm not always on the same page with you, I do appreciate what you do, and in the 1 week of knowing about your channel I already made some progress. So your channel doesn't just help people recently stuck in a wheelchair cope with their situation, you also help more isolated, less successful long-time wheelchair users.
Just because 2020 started off rough doesn't mean it has to end that way. Let's make that happen together. 👫😊
I couldn’t walk for almost half of the year last year and was a wheelchair user because I passed out at a camp and it made a part of my brain not be able to correctly send signals to walk and I also didn’t have feeling in my legs. I couldn’t except the fact that I couldn’t walk and had to use a wheelchair and it made me super depressed. I even had to start my 10th grade year in a wheelchair. But I discovered your channel and I watched every video:) you showed me that it’s ok to be different from others and I excepted my wheelchair and after months of physical therapy every day I’m back to walking. I still have trouble on days here and there but you inspired me and so many people and I just want to say thank you.
You're young. Use your hardships and never forget where you were and where you are now. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger is a true statement.
I respect you very much bro. Thanks for all you do. You've come so far in the past 10 years, and you've squeezed more life and opportunities in that decade than many able-bodied people in a lifetime
I am not in a wheel chair but I am a CNA and love watching videos like yours. Your personality and enthusiastic attitude made me want to subscribe to your channel and also the podcasts. I hope your healing and feeling better. Looking forward to 2020 and your adventures, once your healed. God Bless.
God bless you man.
Wow! This video just became my new favorite of your channel, but these comments are amazing! I love seeing the inspiration, knowledge and hope you give people on so many level.
I am not in a wheelchair and I love your channel. It shows me if you have hope and faith that you can make it through anything.
Great stuff man.....your upbeat, positive chat, solutions and ideas lift my spirits and inspire my future......attitude is the key..... thank you for doing this your way....stay strong my friend!
Roll on 2020 everyone!!
Love you. Richard. You are just so inspiring. I'm so glad your ok. I know that your still feeling pain from the car accident. We are here and I need your podcasts because I'm older and its harder to get through the pain and other setbacks you have ad a para.I cried so hard when I saw the video about your accident.keep on rolling young man because we need you !!
Dude - Thank you for this, and all your videos. I am a retired HVAC and electrical journeyman who has been stuck in a wheelchair for about 10 years now. I'm also turning 64 in a couple of days. I wanted to express how I gain motivation and "enlightenment" from a young fella like you. :) Seriously, Thank You for the your time and the obvious effort you take in the quality of your posting.
This channel is the first to make me smile this week. Have 6 kids and was born with hemophilia had my left ankle and subtalar fused ten years ago and now the right one is needed to be done. This channel has helped me accept my disability without pushing myself into daily pain to think I’m normal.
Thanks !!
I am not a wheelchair user and yet your videos still inspire me everyday, you are so positive and are accomplishing amazing things. You make amazing videos and more people need to understand the challenges wheelchair users face everyday. You have shown other people with and without wheelchairs other sides of the world that they could find or experience themselves. You do amazing things and inspire people everyday. Keep doing what your doing man! Stay strong, you deserve everything the world has to offer! 😀
You are so inspirational. lucky for me i can walk, and everything but I can imagine people that are paralyzed that find so much help in your videos. Keep it up!
I am not limited in my mobility, but I have found value in you videos. Thank you.
4:34 Ive never heard someone say they got hit by a car with more energy. Lol.
I am inspired how you never gave up and even decided to help people. You are so kind :)
I'm literally about to cry this mans progress is literally so amazing he might have been knocked down a few times but this man got right back up nothing's stopping him
You are the best and the coolest
I’m a little over 9 years post injury and I’ve leaned a lot from watching your videos. Thanks man!
So glad you're sharing your story and you're healing from the car accident. I had to start using a mobility device in 2013 when I suddenly started inexplicably losing my mobility at the age of 32. I was eventually diagnosed with a rare neuromuscular disease. I've been in wheelchair full-time for four years now but I'm slowly working on being able to stand and walk again. Your channel and and your voice is so important for people whose lives are suddenly changed. It's a brutal, traumatic process but you're helping to show it's still possible to thrive 💖💖💖
Wow! This really got to me. Nicely told. Please keep sharing your story/life, i really helps other people!
Dude you’re amazing I watched start to finish... you’re energy is amazing my friend I can’t wait to hear the rest of your story.
I have no Idea how I came across your channel or why youtube recommended your video with me but wow, you are inspirational. Keep on doing what you are doing I bet you have helped thousands of people with your story
you are AMAZING. An inspiration for ALL of us to NEVER GIVE UP. I'm 55. I've been in a wheelchair since 2006, due to an almost fatal brain aneurysm. If my son wasn't home that day, I wouldn't be here. I feel, even though we all have different reasons as to how we ended up in one, our wheelchairs give us some of our freedom back.
Thanks for sharing it all with us, not everyone can be so honest. Your videoshelps a lot in my work. Stay happy all this year. 🤗
You will be happy from now on. Forever... and I admire you for overcoming the hardships.
Wow, what a year! It’s kind of awe inspiring that you did all that stuff in just one year
It's a little bit funny how I found your channel like an hour ago and when I looked up to your videos a saw this. :D
I think this channel will really help me, not because I paralyzed too but I want to write a story where the main character is. Your story got me as well since I have a familiar who got in wheelchair years ago and since this she almost stopped living, she barly visits us and it would be very good if she could wach you too 💜
Keep on writing. I'm rooting for you.
Thanks 🥰💜
I'm sure it'll be a bit hard since I don't want to representate anything wrong or smth like this, plus it's way harder when you barely can find useful facts in your language.
But first i'll watch all the videos in this chanell and then if I'll have more questions, I'll try to find someone with I could chat about these things. 😅
You’re so awesome! I’m so thankful I stumbled on your channel in the beginning of my wheelchair journey. Happy 2020! Hope you continue to heal quickly.
Thanks for your vids brotha I became paralyzed in April 2018 I’m a little person i’ve been in and out of wheelchairs my whole life so the wheelchair was nothing new but being paralyzed was and I want to say thank you for helping me through a rough time
You're absolutely killing it, Richard. What an inspiration!
Love videos TH-cam sends my way. Not in a wheelchair but just appreciate learning stuff I didn’t know and love your attitude. Glad you’re Ok after your accident.
I've been in my chair for eight years. I'm a incomplete quadriplegic. I didn't do drugs, but just the need to have someone who loved me to help me through. I met my husband 11 months after my accident, which happened in OEF, I still don't feel anything from chest down but I move a little and try to do more and more each day. You Sir are amazing, and so strong.
SGT US Army Girl You Mam, are amazing and so strong! Thank you for your service . ❤️🇺🇸
@@thekoo2011 thank you for your support. I'm taking one day at a time. This Man has strength I have yet to find strength to move forward everyday. This type of injury I wish on no one. It is my personal hell and wonder if this is my punishment for my sins. I pray there is a fix to SCIs so no one ever has to go through this pain.
What a coincidence. I’m also on my 10th year as a slightly messed up individual, on a journey through crippletown, this past January 1. It never stops being a challenge. I always get back up off the floor though. Happy anniversary, brother.
On a journey through crippletown 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
Richard: thank you so much for sharing your story!
You are making a difference keep making the videos we need you
This teaches me a life lesson this makes me cry thank you so much your the best
Thanks for the great content man! Even though I’m not a wheelchair user myself, I really appreciate you demonstrating how life doesn’t end if something like this happens and that staying positive is so important!! I’m sure that if something ever happens to me or someone close to me, your videos will help making the best out of the situation!! Keep up the great content man!!
It's been 30 years since my SCI back in 89'. Damn, I wish I had videos like these back then. It would've helped so many and I believe it is presently. Keep it up Richard and God speed on your recovery.
i wish everyone was as happy as you brother. keep inspiring us
I love your sense of humor! You had one heck of a year.
Proud of you, Richard ❤️
You are an amazing person. Keep up the good vibes. You are reaching so many people that need you and this.
I got in an accident on January 4th and just found this account. Honestly made me tear up, but it gave me overwhelming amounts of hope. Thank you.
Stay strong bro. Hit me on IG 👊🏻
You showed me a new outlook that you can use a chair even if you can still walk. I had my SCI in 2006 with double fusion has done a lot of damage. Incomplete injury.. T12 L2 I have Scoliosis, Adjacent disk disease, and bulging disks. Spine is very messed up. I am facing things going from walking easily to more and more pain. Drs have told me I will be back on wheels. But, until I saw your video I was afraid to go back and rely on wheels despite the pain and it wearing me out. You showed me, its ok to use it as a tool to keep that independence. Thank You!
Your statement about your last run really struck a chord with me. My dad became a quad overnight due to a drunk driver. It took him 10 years to figure out how to live paralyzed. And he did. My mom was his caregiver after his return home from the rehab center for 34 years. Most folks have no understanding of the real daily struggles. Thanks for being a voice for a lot of people.
Hello from Seattle. I'm 38 and have been in a wheelchair since 2014. I have severe leg tremmors that make walking impossible. They are caused by a cyst that is on my spinal cord. Combined with other medical issues walking has been ruled out. However seeing your videos really gives me the inspiration to live my life to the fullest. Thank you so much for the videos. I would very much like the oportunity to talk with you about issues you've been through, get advice on support systems and just have someone there that is kind of in the same situation I am in.
Again, thank you for the uplifting,inspirational videos.
I fell 40 feet from a rock climbing mistake. 3 months ago. i month left in hospital. your videos are inspiring. Times can be dark and i struggle to stay positive. i hope my pivots get as good as yours. The transfer video is awesome. damn you make it look easy. I hope it gets easier from here. Keep up inspiring us newly injured. Im now T7 complete
You should use this as your channel trailer! This sums up your channel really well.
:) that's the idea
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story. It was just what I needed to hear today.
Thankyou so much for making the videos you do I'm learning so much I'm not in a wheelchair but I use a Walker and I'm learning to cook and adapt in a non adaptived kitchen so it's like I am using a wheelchair when I sit down to cook I have ceberalpalsy I'm 21 and again thankyou so much I've learned to be so much more independent through your channel
The video of how to properly push a wheelchair really helped me. I mostly use a power chair but do have a manual flood the few times my power chair is not working or if a friend picks me up to hang out and I'm now able to use my manual a bit more
Thanks from France ;)
This story is crazy. Keep up the good work. ;)👍
You have a great TH-cam channel . Looking forward to more of your fantastic videos
I"m a wheelchair user, I came down with West Nile Virus, Encephalitis, Meningitis all at once and it did a lot of nerve damage.I spent about 7 weeks in the hospital I lost the use of my left leg up to my rear end. I've been in a chair since 2013. You have been a lot of help to me. Keep it up. I'm so glad you are doing better. Thanks.
Wow your story is an inspiration and you should be proud of all your achievements
You're frickin awesome!!! You go dude!!
I truly enjoy your videos. They provide so many honest insights - thank you. But like several others, I was older [mid 60's] when I received my SCI. Now I'm battling aging and my injury. My stringent PT/OT routines of hours a day have helped but you add motivation.
March 6th is 10 years since my SCI. It’s been a bittersweet journey for me as well. I appreciate all that you do and continue to pray for your speedy recovery from your latest injury.
great video rich, good to see your healing well :) looking forward to your videos for this year as well as the pod cast :)
Wishing you a fantastic 2020, and speedy recovery ☺☺
Your story is so inspiring 💜💜💜💜
Keep it up, Richard 🥳🥳🥳
Thanks TikTok and you,best video ❤️❤️
Great video and all the best wishes for this year!
Looking good, homie! Keep killing it
3:54 I think I found another person to follow.
I hope this year will be the best for you yet!
I can relate to everything you just discussed with the exception of the good fortune you've had. I've been in a chair for just over 10yrs now. Was in a near fatal car accident, I actually flatlined a couple times in the chopper. Spent 47 days in an induced coma. I could go on but it becomes very personal from there but absolutely relatable to your story. Life after this event has been daunting, to say the least. I hate my chair, I'm getting fat, I have no energy and not much motivation these days
Hey I wanted to let you know I watch your videos I have Cerebral Palsy I am in a wheelchair God bless you and your journey
Thank you for your inspiration. I know some of the things you gone true, but history is always different. I fight to have the right to live a life that i feel is worth something. I am happy with a wife that is my Bunker. I wish you all the best or 2020, and hope you will have a year with a lot of good experiences . Best wishes from Jan in Norway
Watching you is so inspiring❤ keep up the great work your mission is important to so many. I so happy you overcame all your challenges 😊
Hey I am not in wheel chair but I have spinal fusion like you l5-s1 , I was a basketball player but after that incident I stop playing ,stop doing any kind of training ... I only eat and laying in bed. To beat depression is rly hard, I am proud of you and what you are doing right now. You are awesome. Good luck in 2020 year.
Happy for you my friend and feel blessed to be part of your journey! Love ya man, Happy Reborn Day!
DG Style - whats a DG style?
@@freshlove7926 my initials and the word style. My Instagram handle trying to sound cool haha.
DG Style - nice nice i like the meaning behind it 🙂🙃
I love your story
Thx u showed me what my life is going to be
We will suport you all the way bro.😊😊❤❤😊😊😊
That just makes me cry
I'm 12 years post SCI. God bless you!
marcosmelojr - 😘😘😘 be strong papi
you are awesome
keep it up
Wow what you have done with your life is amazing you are inspirational go you👏👏
Similar to Tracy Thompson, only I am 72 and been in a power chair for two years due to complications from an old injury and poor medical treatment. Age really makes it hard to regain abilities, keeping weight down antibiotic resistance and such. For those needing it, Toyota makes a Sienna Mini Van with an OEM lift seat and I had a trailer to haul my chair in.
just watched your 6 years video and now this one :)
💪👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🦽🦽🦽Keep up the great work.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!: Hey everyone, Richard has been nominated for a Shorty award! We need to get the word out to get people voting, he’s in the Health and Wellness section, you can vote once a day until voting closes! Get voting, let’s get Richard this award for all the amazing work he does!
Thanks for the notice! I’ll be sure to alert everyone as soon as I can 😁
Wheels2Walking nice! Hope your recovery is getting along!
Nearly nineteen years ago I was born with Cerebral Palsy. Since birth I've been in a wheelchair, I've never been able to walk or stand on my own. I've had over fifty two surgeries on my body. It's hard. I'm not going to sugarcoat it. Having a physical illness is very overwhelming, and I struggle mentally everyday. I'm learning to slowly come to terms with things even though it's already been nineteen years ❤
2019 was ALSO my best year so far.
Thank you for sharing ur story!! Hope ur healing well!! P.S. WHO would give a thumbs-down??? 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you so much for this great video. You give me so much inspiration for my totally live and the new way that I have to go with my new situation.
Stay strong and make more. videos. 🙏✌️💪👍👌
God Bless you I admire you much respect new friend showing love 💖♥️☝️
wow, stay strong! 🌟👍🌟
Looking forward to more videos!
Man your so Inspirational I love u videos and how you make disabled people and people that are having a bad day smile every time they see your videos I love u dude get well soon thanks to you people smile and you make a bad day good again 😁😁😁