Surf’s Up
How you move is who you are. How you move is how you are. How you move is why we’re here.
These three sentences describe what we do at HSS – our purpose: to help people get back to what they need and love to do better than any other place in the world.
I’m sure you’ve heard the quote “movement is the essence of life.” Well, it’s true. Whether that movement is running a marathon, playing with your child, or just walking, our goal is to focus on whatever form of movement is most important for every person who comes to HSS for help.
One program at HSS that is a great example of our commitment to movement is the HSS Adaptive Sports Academy. Throughout the year, the Academy sponsors several trips that enable our young patients to participate in new activities, and most recently that involved adaptive surfing. Earlier this month, 12 of our pediatric patients traveled to Long Beach in Long Island to surf and experience something new – and something many of them thought would never be possible.
This trip is yet another example of how we give our patients the gift of movement. Several of the children who went on this trip needed a special beach wheelchair to get to the water, but that didn’t stop them from overcoming their fears, exceeding their own expectations and really moving.
Here is a photo from the surfing trip. Thank you to everyone at HSS who made it possible.
I am continually inspired by the different ways we are working to provide our patients with the best care possible and to focus on their movement.
Our Roadmap is filled with many initiatives and I look forward to continuing to make sure you are aware of them so you can track our progress. And, more importantly, so you can continue to know where we are, where we are going, how we are going to get there…and your role in helping us to do what we need to do to ensure we get to where we need to go.
Remember the concept of Leadership By All. LBA. We are all leaders, regardless of our role! This is how we will continue to build on our success. There is no other way.
These are extremely exciting times at HSS, and the rest of this year will be an important set of months positioning us for continuing our journey into 2019 and beyond.
Enjoy the waning days of summer and get ready for the very exciting times of the fall!
Here we go! Go HSS!!
One Response to “Surf’s Up”
!!!That photo!!! Speaks a thousand words. Great way to start the week(-: