Parkinson's patients

Parkinson's disease is a progressive nervous system disease that slowly robs people of their ability to move and think. 

Current treatments for Parkinson's disease address symptoms, including stiffness, slowness, and mood disorders, to make day-to-day life more manageable, but do nothing to halt the disease's progression. 

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While training with Parkinson's clients, I realized how exercise and movement increase mobility, balance, gait, and strength, consequently improving daily living activities. Compelled to learn more about Parkinson's specific exercises, I became a certified Rock Steady Boxing (RBS) coach, www.rocksteadyboxing.org, a program emphasizing gross motor movements, using boxing drills and combinations focusing on the concept of intense forced exercise to slow down the progression.

For Parkinson's Disease Patients 
How exercising increases mobility, balance, gait and strength