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Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder with no cure. The owners of a Cary boxing studio, however, are helping their clients punch back against 

'It drives us': Cary boxing studio helping residents with Parkinson's disease stay active

Men with Parkinson's disease at Cary boxing studio

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Nearly one million people in the U.S. are living with Parkinson's disease. Patients are typically given medications or even surgery but some doctors are adding another prescription.

come on, hit it hard, throw some of those low power punches loan tanning, diagnosed with Parkinson's disease one year ago has found new hope in an unexpected therapy boxing. I'm the favorite, my favorite segment of the class, they're punching the actual punching away on the bag. It's symbolic. You know, this is how you have to fight Parkinson's, you have to just really get strong and punch it away from you. Rock steady boxing, a nonprofit organization has developed a noncontact boxing curriculum for Parkinson's patients around the world. Sometimes I'll just say when I say left left uppercut, when I say right through a right uppercut and I'll say left, left, right and and try and try to change it up so that it's challenging them. Every week loan is joined by fellow Parkinson's patient Greg Demetrio who says he has kept the disease from progressing one punch at a time. What about your life outside of here? I mean, how has your life changed as a result of? Pretty much I feel that I've plateau owed. I have not degenerated the agility, the balance the speed, the power that you have to incorporate into all these different exercises are major league helpful. Small studies have found that boxing can help reduce falls and improve walking speed and endurance in Parkinson's patients, it can also boost their mood. In fact, a majority of rock steady boxers surveyed said that undergoing the rock steady curriculum helped improve their social lives, fatigue, depression and anxiety. The thing that I do see the most is benefit in non motor symptoms. They feel that they have a better social life because they have people that they can connect to. Um they feel less anxious, they feel less depressed because of that because they essentially have made friends and other friends that have Parkinson's disease, these classes making an impact. I found um beyond a sense of community, I found camaraderie, I found caring. Um I found that, you know, it's just so good to know you're not the only one So far. Rock Steady. Boxing has found its way to over 40,000 boxers across 14 countries battling Parkinson's disease for these patients every day. A new chance to fight. Are you concerned? There's a day might come where you may not be able to do this anymore? Yes, it scares the hell out of me and I'm going to fight against that as hard as I possibly can. Let's do

Some Parkinson's patients take up boxing for unexpected therapy

Parkinson's and boxing

More than two years into the coronavirus pandemic, we are still hearing remarkable stories of survival. A man from Bloomingdale, Illinois was on the wait list for a double lung transplant and spent nearly four months in the hospital.



This is 64 year old Bob Guerrero in the intensive care unit. He's throwing punches and coaching the hospital staff all while strapped to an ECMO machine. Yeah, helping his covid ravaged lungs. I'm not supposed to be here. I was supposed to be dead bob beat the odds and after spending 108 days in the hospital, he is now home and says sparring spurred his recovery, front leg, hip and then come over the top. They helped me put these gloves on man, It gave me some energy. This girl saved me. She just gave me that energy to where I was alive. Physical therapist Sarah D'Angelo brought him the gloves, bob has a lot of heart. You can tell that from just talking to him for one minute. She wanted to motivate the former state wrestling champ who spent 40 years coaching suburban kids and dabbled in boxing to that coach. Coming out again in the I. C. U. He was the controller of the room and you can't underestimate how much control over your day makes a difference in your life. The gloves now signed by the staff who cared for him, bob gave Sarah a sweatshirt from the wrestling garage. He can't wait to return to. His recovery is still underway. All right. You're doing good. But he has his lungs and every reason to hope

Man credits boxing for saving his life after battle with COVID-19 

Man credits boxing for saving his life after battle with COVID

A promise is fulfilled as Philadelphia activist Reverend Paul Earthquake Moore mailed a pair of boxing gloves to President-elect Joe Biden as a congratulations on his victory. 

went off in Germany, had a boxing team in Germany and Beau Biden came across our boxing team. Make made me come up there. Bank in this, like both a man full of no, my main man.

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Some Parkinson's patients take up boxing for unexpected therapy

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