https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax By Ben and Kennedy en-us 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC 2025-12-27 03:03:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rugbyball.png 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513502 Adam has made a remarkable recovery and lives with no pain except the occasional muscle tightness. -KM]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513502 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513503 Today Adam still is not able to run and he will never be able to play football again. -KM]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513503 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513504 During the first weeks of his recovery he couldn't move any part of his body. -KM]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513504 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513505 1) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/14/sports/ncaafootball/nittany-lion-overcomes-a-lifealtering-injury.html?_r=0
2) http://www.collegian.psu.edu/football/article_25684f4a-3a4f-11e4-8b99-001a4bcf6878.html
3) http://www.taliaferrofoundation.org/
4) http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/adam-taliaferro-bruised-cervical-spine#1 
-KM]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513505 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513506 The doctors said that even after his surgery, he would still be paralyzed for the rest of his life.      -KM]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513506 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513507 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Adam-Taliaferro-Penn-State-Football-Paralyzed-Player-Sworn-in-Legislator-New-Jersey-290239491.html ]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513507 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513508 He had surgery to fuse his C-5 vertebrate  at the Ohio State Medical Center - BS]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513508 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513509 He left the hospital in crutches just before Christmas of 2000 -BS]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513509 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513510 https://www.google.com/search?q=adam+taliaferro&rlz=1CASMAF_enUS612US613&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB77GE17bSAhVirlQKHXrGCRYQ_AUICigD&biw=1242&bih=595&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=h92Vcdqu0uwb7M:]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513510 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513512 After the spinal injury, Taliaferro was only given a 3% chance of ever walking again -BS]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513512 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513513 https://www.google.com/search?q=adam+taliaferro&rlz=1CASMAF_enUS612US613&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB77GE17bSAhVirlQKHXrGCRYQ_AUICigD&biw=1242&bih=595&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=QUzU1aOW7zvYNM: ]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513513 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513514

In 2000,  Adam Taliaferro obtained a spinal cord injury while tackling an opponent during a game versus Ohio State. Taliaferro's helmet hit the player's knee during the tackle, bursting his fifth cervical vertebra and bruising his spinal cord. He was paralyzed on the hit, which left him with no movement below the neck. -BS]]> 2017-03-03 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513514 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513688 It took Taliaferro a month to even wiggle his toes - BS]]> 2017-03-03 01:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157513688 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157514324 http://www.post-gazette.com/image/2016/01/31/ca0,33,1984,1355/75700k63.jpg]]> 2017-03-03 01:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157514324 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157517914 2017-03-03 01:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157517914 212923 https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157588142 The surgery that Adam had to get is known as spinal fusion. This means that doctors had to reinforce his neck with a metal pin and pieces of bone -KM]]> 2017-03-03 12:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/212923/qqzq2g25trax/wish/157588142