Renewed Voice | Michael Daavettila’s Journey Back to Speech
May 13, 2020
It’s a simple harmonica mount. An altogether nondescript nickel-plated halo that hugs its wearer’s neck. It holds in place a similarly unpretentious harmonica between the jaws of a spring clamp. […]
Full Send – Marty Ewing’s Resurgence Through Rehabilitation
May 6, 2020
Marty Ewing understands the details in perfection. As a star pitcher for Indiana University South Bend, Marty spent a lifetime on the mound getting the details perfect. Keeping his wrist […]
Marty Ewing | Full Send or No Send
October 18, 2019
The arrow strikes the coyote decoy above the kneebend of its hind leg. Barely a hit, the point only sinks in for the firmness of the target’s foam. Given a […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Narrates the Story of Injured Race Car Driver Josh Jackson | Drive and Dreams: Grassroots Racing in America
October 2, 2019
Celebrated dirt track race car driver Josh Jackson has triumphed beyond greater hardships than most people will ever know. After sustaining a near-fatal brain injury as the result of a […]
Shane Hultine | Taking the Plunge
September 20, 2019
Even before the end of his rehabilitation at QLI, Shane Hultine had a vision. “Nevermind it,” was his vision. Nevermind the spinal cord injury that had made his life so very […]
Garrett Sherley | How a QLI Boot Camp Sparked the Next Chapter of Lifelong Progress
September 3, 2019
Garrett Sherley is a different man now. He’s a different man than he was in 2014, when—just 21 and stationed in Georgia for his tenure in the United States Army—he […]
Jeremy Wolzen | Building a Better Self
August 15, 2019
In 2018, QLI launched GRIT, a one-of-a-kind adaptive functional fitness program. The program, led by CrossFit icons Stacie and Dustin Tovar and QLI’s director of nutritional services, Stephanie Roob, has […]
Father Glen Wilwerding | A Morning at Ragbrai, A Glimpse of Recovery
July 25, 2019
The rain falls in sheets. Big, heavy drops like coins coming straight down from a textureless overcast sky. They land with pelting force, slapping noisily off the cars and RVs […]
Craig Engel | The Pieces Together Again
July 12, 2019
Craig Engel begins each day at 3:00 a.m. In that quiet hour he works through a practiced morning routine. He double-checks the day’s date and the weather with an […]
Neuroplasticity: What it Takes to Become an Expert
May 6, 2019
The human brain has a unique superpower called neuroplasticity. All of us have skills we’d like to improve. Perhaps it’s something straightforward—a golf swing, a desire to learn the ukulele, […]