Contribution by Alyssa Pollastrini, PT, DPT Approximately 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease each year and about a half a million Americans are affected with this disease at a given time. This disease is progressive, and unfortunately the main medication, levodopa, becomes less effective over time. Although there is no cure for Parkinson’s Disease, there is research supporting that non-contact boxing is very effective in slowing the progression of Parkinson’s Disease. Here are 5 ways boxing can help! 1. Balance Balance is commonly affected in those with Parkinson’s Disease and it can lead to falls! Boxing challenges balance in a safe environment. Typically non-contact boxing involves a lot of footwork where you change direction, speeds, and narrow your base of support. By continually doing these activities, balance therefore starts to improve. Ruth Burr attended boxing through Rock Steady Boxing out in Utah, and here is her testimonial: When I started going to the boxing program, it made a dramatic difference! My balance gradually got better and I stopped stumbling and falling. I also gradually started being able to get up from the floor. At first, these improvements were slow and awkward, but my abilities improved a great deal. 2. Walking People affected with Parkinson’s Disease often shuffle and have freezing episodes. It is also common in the later stages of the disease to have to use a cane, walker, or wheelchair. Boxing is a high intensity exercise and research shows that this high intensity aspect is very important for neurological diseases. Different chemicals get released in your brain that help change the wiring in your brain. As a result, people don’t shuffle their feet as much, have as many freezing episodes, and may not need an assistive device! Katie Kleist in Peoria IL was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease at age 20. Her symptoms were continuing to progress. She then found a boxing program through Rock Steady Boxing: During my pregnancies, as well as time in which I had to transition medications, I had to use a walker. I now can jump rope up to a count of 42. I would occasionally fall to my bottom because I would freeze as I attempted to pull open the fridge. I can now walk backwards on a 2×4 board as part of an obstacle course. 3. Strength Strength is also commonly affected with Parkinson’s Disease. People start developing a more forward bent posture, and therefore it is very important to strengthen back and hip muscles to improve that posture. During boxing, punching helps improve shoulder and back strength. Circuit training exercises are also performed during boxing sessions as well which include both leg, hip, shoulder, and back strengthening. Martin Zagarinski’s granddaughter wrote a testimonial for her grandpa who attended Rock Steady Boxing: I was utterly shocked at how much strength he had gained. I don’t even think that I, as a healthy teenager, could master some of the skills he was performing! 4. Coordination Coordination is also affected with those diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Boxing combines both footwork and punching together which helps to improve coordination overall. The high intensity aspect described previously also helps change the wiring in the brain as well that has an effect on coordination. Gary Powers from Charlottesville started attending Rock Steady Boxing and noticed a difference in his coordination: I am now dressing myself, driving better and to anywhere I want to go. My signs of Parkinson’s have slowed down and many of my athletes have commented about improvements. 5. Fatigue and Endurance It is very common in Parkinson’s Disease to experience extreme fatigue and decreased endurance. As the symptoms progress such as rigid muscles and tremors, this is all very fatiguing on the body! Due to the positive benefits of high intensity exercise has on the brain, boxing also helps decrease fatigue and improve endurance. Here is a testimonial from Liz Voogjarv who attended Rock Steady Boxing: I used to feel like a person living with Parkinson’s – it was my constant companion. Now, I can sometimes forget that I have PD. It is fading more into the background in terms of how I define myself. Liz’s energy level was low, and fatigue had her napping on a daily basis. She often used many “s” words to explain how PD was affecting her – slow, shuffling, stiff, sad-faced, etc. Thanks to Rock Steady Boxing and physical therapy, those words have changed to sporty and smiley! Liz feels much more confident, resilient, and energetic.
Although there is no true cure for Parkinson’s Disease, boxing does help to slow the progression of the disease and helps improve strength, coordination, balance, walking, and decreases fatigue and improves endurance. Our Huntley Physical Therapy facility offers a non-contact boxing program where you will work one on one with a therapist for a full hour! And your insurance will cover your session! Contact us today to set up a consultation!
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John C Gerber
9/22/2019 09:15:48 am
I have PD and not very active. Would like to get involved in a activity to get me motivated by the
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Wood Jones
3/22/2023 12:22:37 pm
I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease following a neurological examination and other series of tests, my symptoms first appeared in February 2014 tremors in both limbs, rigid muscles, impaired posture.. all medications prescribed were not working and I sadly took off from my job, being a single Dad with two kids it was almost a hopeless situation. In September 2016, I read about Dr of Multivitamin herbal Care in a health forum, this herbal center has successful Parkinson's disease herbal treatment and treatment for another list of terminal diseases, i contacted the herbal center via their email and purchased the Parkinson's disease herbal remedy. I received the Parkinson's disease herbal remedy via courier and immediately commenced usage. I used the remedy for about 18 weeks, and all my symptoms including tremors gradually disappeared till I almost forgot I had the disease, I have started working again, thanks to www.multivitamincare.org Parkinson's disease is not a death sentence, don't die believing there is no cure, its a final breakthrough for all living with Parkinson’s disease.
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Ahmed Latif
6/26/2023 01:32:01 am
I was diagnosed in UK 2013. i was diagnosed with the bulbar form of Parkinson's disease(PD) and was given one year to live. My symptoms progressed quickly. Soon i was having difficulty standing, swallowing and even walking short distances. With the help of Multivitamin herbal Care I have been able to reverse my symptoms using diet, herbs, which i feel has made the most difference. The PD natural formula immensely helped my condition, it reversed my Parkinson. my slurred speech. And then the inability to eat without getting choked, breathing, and coughing. gradually disappeared. Visit MULTIVITAMIN HERBAL CARE via their official website multivitamincare. org I’m now playing golf again. and i turned 72 today. i am glad to get my life back DON’T GIVE UP HOPE!!!
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Karen McNicholas
7/3/2021 11:13:34 pm
In July last year, I started on PARKINSON DISEASE TREATMENT PROTOCOL from Kykuyu Health Clinic One month into the treatment, I made a significant recovery. After I completed the recommended treatment, almost all my symptoms were gone, great improvement with my movement and balance. Its been a year, life has been amazing (ww w. kykuyuhealthclinic. c om).
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Karen McNicholas
7/6/2021 02:54:58 am
I started out taking only Azilect, then Mirapex, and sinemet for my Parkinson disease, but as the disease progressed they didn’t help much. A year ago I started on PD TREATMENT PROTOCOL from Kykuyu Health Clinic (ww w. kykuyuhealthclinic. c om). One month into the treatment, I made a significant recovery. After I completed the recommended treatment, almost all my symptoms were gone. Its been months since I completed the treatment, I live a very product life
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Lucinda McGuire
8/6/2021 10:21:10 pm
In April of last year, i started on natural parkinsons disease herbal treatments from Kycuyu Health Clinic, i am happy to report this PD herbal treatment worked very effectively. My parkinson is totally under control, i had a total decline in symptoms, the tremors, shaking, stiffness, congnition and speech problems stopped. Visit Kycuyu Health Clinic official web page w w w. kycuyuhealthclinic .com. My family are amazed at the change and rapid recovery from pd.
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8/8/2021 11:15:02 pm
Thanks for giving us all the information about Parkinson’s Disease, plethora of persons are facing many types of problems related to this disease, this blog are providing better information and helping many individuals.
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Derek Foden
9/1/2021 09:54:46 pm
My Parkinson disease symptoms started at the age of 47. The fingers on my left hand were stiff and were difficult to move. People noticed that my walk was not normal. I was often asked if I was hurt. I noticed nothing different about my walk. It was difficult getting up from a chair and getting out of a car. I was diagnosed a year later ,it was the onset of tremors starting in my right hand that caused my other symptoms to be recognized as Parkinson's.. I am now 59. With the new herbal medicine for Parkinson I purchased from Multivitamincare . org was my only way to get rid of my PD,the herbal formula effectively reversed my condition and alleviated all my symptoms, people are suffering from this Parkinson disease due to lack of information.
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Kristin Smeltzer
2/10/2022 12:10:06 pm
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2/23/2023 05:07:56 am
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2/21/2022 10:34:08 pm
It helped when you said that strengthening back and hip muscles can help improve posture. This is informative because my husband has been experiencing symptoms of Parkinson's disease. I think we should look for clinical trials next week that can help develop improved tools for diagnosis and treatment.
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6/6/2022 12:04:25 am
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