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Diabetes, Parkinson’s, and Brain Awareness
With American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day in March, Catherine Printz of PWR! has compiled information and tools to learn more about Type 2 Diabetes, understand the relationship between Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson disease, and to find resources to keep yourself healthy when living with one or both of these diseases.
Read MorePWR! Presentation in Tucson May 7th, 2019 – free open to the public
Taken from the American Parkinson Disease Association Email: Community Announcement for Tucson Monthly Parkinson’s Disease Education Series Tuesday, May 7, 2019 2:00 to 3:30 pm Topic: Exercise and Physical Therapy Speaker: Nancy Nelson Nancy Nelson manages the PWR!Gym in Tucson. PWR stands for Parkinson’s Wellness Recovery. She is a Certified Personal Trainer and fitness…
Read MoreWelcome to our new CEO, Dr. Adrian Hutber PhD, MS
Dr. Adrian Hutber, PhD, MS, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of PWR!. He joins PWR! from his previous Vice President position at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), where he was the executive staff member leading the Exercise is MedicineR Global Health Initiative (EIM), a multi-organizational, multi-national initiative co-founded by ACSM and the…
Read MoreInteresting Reading
One-item Scale Is Reliable Tool to Assess Fatigue in Parkinson’s Patients, Study Finds “The one-item Fatigue Visual Analog Scale (VAFS) is a highly consistent and reliable tool to assess fatigue in patients with Parkinson’s disease, and is associated with their quality of life, according to researchers. Their study, “The dimensionality of fatigue in Parkinson’s disease,”…
Read MoreThank You!
Thank you to Bob Eberle for taking a moment to share our PWR!Gym with others as an “outstanding resource” in the Arizona Daily Star, February, 2018. When we see advocacy for PWR!, we are really appreciative of our community helping us get the word out. We support our local Tucson area and offer free community…
Read MoreEveryone Poops…Unless you have Parkinson’s!
People with Parkinson’s have a high risk of chronic constipation due to slow and rigid bowel muscles. Lack of dopamine in the brain impairs control of the movement of these muscles. Certain medications can also cause constipation. Symptoms of constipation include straining while on the toilet, inability to make a bowel movement, 3 or fewer…
Read MorePWR! in Albuqerque
Hey PWR! people in New Mexico! We are hosting a PWR! Workshop in Albuquerque this weekend and got a feature article in the Albuquerque Journal! Check the article out here!! By Rosalie Rayburn / Journal Staff Writer Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 at 12:02am Hundreds of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease have become regulars at…
Read MorePWR! is featured on NPR 89.1 FM’s Arizona Spotlight -2015
PWR! is featured on NPR 89.1 FM’s Arizona Spotlight -2015 We are very excited to announce that PWR! will be featured on NPR 89.1 FM’s Arizona Spotlight. Friday, March 20th (at 8:30am and 6pm) and Saturday, March 21st (at 5pm). Tune in and listen buy effexor xr generic live to interviews with Dr. Farley, our…
Read MoreDr. Farley speaks on the benefits of exercise and Parkinson’s Diseas
April 16, 2014 April 16, 2014 | by Darcy Blake | Dr. Becky Farley, the popular neuro rehabilitation specialist and physiologist, will speak on the benefits of exercise and Parkinson’s Disease on Friday, April 25, at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center, Redwood Room, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City, from 1-3pm. Dr. Farley is the founder of Arizona-based…
Read MoreArizona Daily Star highlights PWR!Gym
A little more than two years have passed since a small gym, sandwiched between a church and discount grocery store on West Fort Lowell Road, opened for people http://www.mindanews.com/buy-topamax/ with Parkinson’s disease. March 27, 2014 Arizona Daily Star » Gym for Parkinson’s patients is growing A downloadable PDF of the article : Gym for Parkinson’s…
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