CHUCK JR. CO.

FORE CHUCK'S SAKE

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The Mission Continues

On July 25, 2026 Fore Chuck’s Sake Community Golf Tournament raised over $75,000 for Chuck!

The tournament may be over, but the fundraising, research, and search for answers are not.

Chuck’s injuries have changed nearly every part of his life, and we refuse to stop searching for ways to help him.

We are looking for legitimate, trusted resources and specialized treatment options internationally—for complex spinal injuries, brain injuries, chronic neuropathic pain, mobility, and rehabilitation.

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SUPPORT FOR CHUCK

We are seeking support from our community to help fund specialized spinal cord injury treatment for our dad, Chuck Jacobsen.

Chuck sustained a complex, incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (C3, AIS-D). While he has worked relentlessly to recover — and can walk, drive, and even golf — he lives with constant, severe neuropathic pain and ongoing neurological limitations that significantly affect his quality of life.

Fore Chuck’s Sake is about giving our dad access to care that finally matches:

His diagnosis

His potential

His determination

Funds raised will help send Chuck to Craig Hospital, one of the world’s leading spinal cord injury rehabilitation centers, where he can receive specialized treatment for severe nerve pain and intensive neurorehabilitation aimed at restoring function, independence, and quality of life.

Thank you for supporting our family — and for helping us make sure Chuck gets the care he deserves.

SUPPORT CHUCK NOW

Why This Care Isn’t Available Locally

Public healthcare and workers’ compensation systems are not designed to provide the intensive, highly specialized rehabilitation and neuropathic pain treatment required for complex spinal cord injuries like Chuck’s.

As a result, many of his most disabling symptoms — particularly chronic nerve pain — have gone insufficiently treated, despite his determination and continued effort.

This tournament exists because proper care shouldn’t be this hard to access.

Why Craig Hospital is a Potential:

Craig Hospital is one of the world’s leading spinal cord injury rehabilitation centers.

This isn’t general rehab — spinal cord injury is all they do.

🔹 Exclusive Focus on Spinal Cord Injury

Craig is not a general hospital. Every program, clinician, and therapy is built specifically for spinal cord injury recovery.

🔹 World-Renowned Expertise in Incomplete SCI (AIS-D)

Chuck’s injury is incomplete, meaning the spinal cord is damaged but not severed.

This type of injury has the greatest potential for functional improvement when treated aggressively and correctly — which is exactly what Craig specializes in.

🔹 Advanced Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

Chuck lives with constant, severe nerve pain — often described as a “sunburn-like” sensation — one of the most disabling consequences of spinal cord injury.

Craig Hospital is internationally recognized for treating neuropathic pain specific to spinal cord injury, not simply masking symptoms.

🔹 A Philosophy of Recovery, Not Decline

-Craig’s approach focuses on:

-Maximizing independence

-Reducing pain

Improving long-term quality of life

They do not assume inevitable deterioration.

🔹 Experience with High-Functioning, Highly Motivated Patients

Chuck may appear “functional” on the surface, but every movement costs him tremendous effort and pain. Craig specializes in patients who live in this gap — capable, but limited by neurological dysfunction.

What Donations Will Fund

Funds raised are not going toward vague or experimental care.

They support evidence-based, intensive treatment delivered by leaders in spinal cord injury medicine.

At Craig Hospital, Chuck would receive:

Specialized Neuropathic Pain Management

Evaluation by physicians who specialize in spinal cord injury–related pain

Optimization of medications specifically for neuropathic pain

Advanced strategies to calm the nervous system rather than overwhelm it

Pain management fully integrated into rehabilitation — not treated as an afterthought

Pain is currently the single greatest barrier to Chuck’s recovery.

Intensive Neurorehabilitation

High-intensity physical and occupational therapy designed for incomplete cervical SCI

Targeted retraining of:

Upper-limb strength and coordination

Fine motor skills

Gait, balance, and endurance

Therapy grounded in neuroplasticity — the nervous system’s ability to rewire, even years after injury

Integrated Orthopedic & Neurological Care

Coordination between spinal cord specialists and orthopedic experts

Protection of surgically repaired shoulders while rebuilding strength

Rehabilitation based on spinal cord biomechanics — not generic protocols

Whole-Person Rehabilitation

Education on pacing, nervous system regulation, and flare prevention

Psychological support focused on resilience and adaptation

Long-term planning to sustain gains after discharge

What Happened to Chuck?

August 8, 2023

Chuck suffered a catastrophic 20-foot fall while working. He landed on his face, chest, and arms.

At first, the severity of his injuries was missed.

Despite being unable to physically move or walk out of the hospital, he was initially discharged after doctors determined there were “no broken bones.” He remained there for another five days only because his condition made leaving impossible.

What followed was months of fighting to be heard.

His bicep had torn and displaced so severely it was visibly sitting in the wrong place, yet he still had to fight to have it properly assessed and beg for emergency surgery. It took five weeks to repair his shoulder and bicep. It took over four months to diagnose a spinal cord injury. It took a full year to complete dental reconstruction after the impact to his face.

Chuck was a patient in an overwhelmed hospital system where emergency, psychiatric, palliative, and ICU patients were forced to share the same space due to severe understaffing.

Today, Chuck lives with an inoperable spinal cord injury, severe nerve damage, chronic pain, and PTSD.

And despite doing everything “right” — paying into insurance systems, working hard his entire life, and contributing to the very programs meant to protect workers — he somehow fell through every crack and loophole imaginable. Delays, denials, gaps in coverage, and constant battles for proper care have left him and his family carrying a burden no one anticipates after a workplace injury.

That’s why we’re here.

Not because Chuck didn’t work hard enough.
Not because he didn’t plan ahead.
But because sometimes the system still fails good people.

If you know Chuck, you know this isn’t just about injuries.

This is a man who would throw on swim trunks and jump in the lake with his grandkids without a second thought. A man who worked hard his entire life for his family, friends, and community.

Now, every day is a fight to reclaim pieces of the life he once had.

Fore Chuck’s Sake isn’t just a golf tournament.

It’s a community showing up for one of their own.