In wheelchair basketball, each player gets a point rating based on their physical function, from 1.0 to 4.5. The five players on court must total 14 points or less, so a team balances high-point scorers with low-point defenders and rebounders. It's not about the disability, but what the body can still do on the court.
Every day at the spinal unit, I see this truth. We measure not the injury, but the remaining strength, the balance, the will to adapt—just like those point classifications. My patients learn to move a new world with what they have left.
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