Thank You for visiting my site and sharing a minute with me.

I give motivational speeches to businesses, schools, triathlon clubs, graduations and pretty much to anyone who will listen. I enjoy sharing the journey that I am on and making people aware of the hope and opportunity in recovery as well as encouraging others that they can reach for their dreams/goals even when facing challenges. My ability to share ideas with other people is expanding. Recently I was asked to speak at Cal State Long Beach to 50 students in Recreational Therapy classes.

My Physocal Education background and current sports program gives me an ideal position to share with them the ideas of helping challenged people in becoming successful in sports. On May 30, had the privilege of speaking for the graduation of my first students when I taught in Hawaii. It was GREAT to see them all and I am very proud of them! I also just shared my story with 3rd graders in Carlsbad. They take everything in more than we think and were just so excited. Triathlon training has just started picking up again and the Challenged Athletes Foundation just sent me to Texas to participate in a relay team in which I did the 1.2 mile swim. It was great learning from the top handcycle ironman triathletes. Thank-you CAF for the opportunity! I am looking forward to a great racing season.

I was paralyzed from the chest down on New Year’s Eve, 2005, from a tiny bleed inside my spinal cord. My goals are to recover fully and to share the challenge of Spinal Cord Recovery with thousands of people through my therapy, speaking, and sports. Thank You for contributing to my recovery by your generous donations and by bookmarking my site.

Your generous gifts go 100% to my recovery which consists of: My trainer, Lance, helps me do intense exercises 2 hours a day 4 days a week to repattern my legs and nerves to walk again. This includes upper body strength, core strength, standing at a ballerina bar, crawling, kneeling, and repetitions of leg workouts. $320 weekly. Kevin, my bodyworker does neurological release and reprogramming at the hemorrhage site 2 times a week. $200 weekly. Dr. George Rodriguez does acupuncture every week. $30 weekly. I drive myself to Anaheim 2 times a week for super walking therapy at Polfit. $448 weekly. This all totaling around $1000 a week!

But it is all worth it and I 'm already showing amazing progress. Thanks to your donations and the support of all my friends and family, I can now...

• coax movement in both feet by the ankles
• start to get press in my legs
• bring my knees up (mostly right)
• feel and use my obliques and abs
• continue to gain feeling in my legs
• feel the increased muscle spasms

Once again, thank-you for visiting my recovery site. Your donations continue further support for my recovery. You give me the opportunity to travel to races and show others and myself that I can still go for my dreams and help smooth the path for other athletes. May God continue to bless you and to bless me. Thank-you!

You can also email me at Erica@TriTeamErica.com