Overcoming Spinal Cord Injury: Bandna Bhatti’s Tennis Journey
September 30, 2025
The day is hot, almost unbearable, yet the exercises continue. Twenty-two-year-old Bandna Bhatti positions the sports wheelchair to accommodate the rallies headed her way. Some are close-ups, while others are […]
Dylan Wescott | Growing the Competition
August 26, 2025
The trophy can go to anyone. Every other Sunday, QLI clients gather for the chance to claim it. For some, it’s their first attempt at playing the sport. The exact […]
What Are Adaptive Sports?
October 16, 2024
Think about sports or recreational activities and what it takes to complete them. At first glance, you might say they take the use of arms and legs along with decent […]
Ricky Reeves | Not Defined By Definition
July 9, 2024
Eye, focused. A red mushroom set against a background of green, purple, and blue. Like tie-dye. For this session, all it needs is a touchup. A series of white dots […]
Casey Evanoff | Atonal Password
April 29, 2024
He’s been practicing for weeks on the methodology in the Adaptive Sports Lab–the exact order to put his helmet and harness on, to prepare for the transfer up and out […]
Motor Learning Program | Skilled Outpatient Recovery
September 1, 2023
What happens to an individual after a life-altering injury? For many—even those in ideal circumstances—the stages following an injury consist of intensive acute and post-acute rehabilitation. Whether the phases of […]
Adaptive Sports: Think Outside. No Box Required
December 10, 2021
Would it surprise you to know that Omaha has, since 2014, received considerable national acclaim as an outdoor-first city? Sources ranging from websites like WalletHub, to major nonprofits like The […]
Virtual Meets Reality: Utilizing VR in Rehabilitation
November 15, 2021
Exercise assistant Tara Adams leads the way to the QLI East Campus Adaptive Sports Workshop. Justin Rutherford maneuvers behind her in a manual wheelchair, one muscular tattooed arm propped on […]
Words from a Warrior: Laura Burdick’s Journey
October 19, 2021
In May 2020, Laura Burdick saw herself as a woman at the top of her game. Just 33 years old, the Indiana native was an ambitious, athletic, accomplished professional shouldering […]
Lisa Kassebaum | An Unbreakable Bond
March 14, 2021
“I’m grateful that she has been a part of my program and helped me grow, when I am supposed to be someone to help her grow.” With the grit of […]