Recovery With Cal

On November 9, 2024 a mountain bike accident changed Callam’s life in an instant. Callam alongside co-host Gary Nickel revisit how impactful physical therapies were in spinal cord injury recovery. I remember lying in bed thinking how tasks felt so impossible. The skills I learnt and practiced in physical therapy showed how things are actually possible. The reality is how they are done and how long...

On November 9, 2024 a mountain bike accident changed Callam’s life in an instant. Callam alongside co-host Gary Nickel revisit the rehabilitation therapies key to spinal cord injury recovery. Rehabilitation and therapies became a full time job in the hospital. Schedules were made to give structure and direction for each day. For spinal cord injury this included personal care and therapies. In reha...

On November 9, 2024 a mountain bike accident changed Callam’s life in an instant. Callam alongside co-host Gary Nickel revisit the hospital environment and mobility. Gaining the ability to move is amazing and this became Callam’s goal. Mobility allows us to explore, experience and see the world in new perspectives. Once Callam gained mobility it allowed him to move to a rehabilitation hospital. Th...

On November 9, 2024 a mountain bike accident changed Callam’s life in an instant. Alongside co-host Gary Nickel and conversation with Karen, Callam revisits moving to a new hospital ward where family and friends join him in his healing journey. It is very emotional and humbling to reflect on the support that people gave to myself and my family. Support came in the form of cards, messages, calls, g...

On November 9, 2024 a mountain bike accident changed Callam’s life in an instant. Alongside co-host Gary Nickel and conversation with Colleen Bremer, Callam revisits waking up in the intensive care unit of the hospital unable to move. Awaking in an unknown place, connected to tubes unable to move is horrifying. Learning that you can not feel or move most of your body is jarring. The first week in...

On November 9, 2024 a mountain bike accident changed Callam’s life in an instant. Alongside co host Gary Nickel and conversation with Laura Olver, Callam revisits the moments of the surgery that saved his life. Have you ever looked back and thought that you narrowly missed death? My near death experience moved from a state of darkness, to light, to darkness, to light. A near death experience can b...

On November 9, 2024 a mountain bike accident changed Callam’s life in an instant. Alongside co host Gary Nickel and conversation with Brandon Reimer “Bush”, Callam revisits the moments of the crash and emergency medical response. Sometimes our minds can spin a memory or moment over and over bringing up the what ifs and unknowns. This may start to fade when we acknowledge our thoughts, our emotions...