Pacesetters

Ever since she was a girl, Lara Ludwinski sensed something off with her body. Her ability to bend joints into weird positions ...

For the Cooley Family, life is simple, and that’s OK. Each day, Christine rises before Josh to put out the horses and cook ...

Eight years ago, a tragic accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. But it wouldn’t be the last time he flew. As a young ...

A relaxing family gathering suddenly took a devastating turn when Ruben “Trini” Martinez dove into his brother-in-law’s pool in ...

For Nolan Sheow, 22, from La Cañada, California, life was looking up. He had just completed his last year at the University of ...

This past fall, 76-year-old Ron Kelley went fishing in Canada, driving nearly three hours to reach his favorite fishing hole. He ...

When Lorie Hargrave and Hal Hargrave, Sr., arrived at Casa Colina with their eldest son in August 2007, they had already ...

For over five years, Juan Mata endured debilitating back pain—pain so relentless he couldn’t do the things he loved most, like ...

One Sunday in October of 1985, Robert Duncan was under the weather, with a strange tingling in his ankles. He drove himself to a ...

Husband and wife David Lozano, MD and Olga Lozano, RN are used to giving rather than receiving care. Both take immense pride in ...

In 2011, Joanne Lichtman was involved in a car accident that resulted in a serious spinal cord injury and left her a ...

In 2008, at just 26, Katherine Wolf suffered a near-fatal stroke that left her unable to walk, speak, or swallow food. For ...