Equipment Spotlight: Tidal Tank
The Tidal Tank is one of our favorite tools for challenging balance! 🌊💪 Its shifting water adds a dynamic element, helping clients with Parkinson’s improve stability, coordination, and confidence. Check out https://www.pwr4life.org/equipment/ for the link to purchase. #ParkinsonsAwareness #BalanceTraining #TidalTank #StrongerEveryDay
Read More2025 PWR! Retreat Registration is Open
You’re invited! Join us at the 2025 PWR! Retreat, happening May 25-31 at El Conquistador Tucson, A Hilton Resort, for an inspiring week of exercise, education, enrichment, and empowerment for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Come discover your full potential physically and cognitively and have fun doing it! Learn more and register at www.pwr4life.org/pwr-retreat. #PD…
Read MorePWR! is Hiring for a Faculty Instructor
We are seeking an independent contractor Faculty member, ideally Arizona-based, to help teach our weekend PWR!Moves workshops. Interested? Find more information and apply today at https://www.indeed.com/job/faculty-instructor-physicaloccupational-therapist-ic-a7719ed08026a879. If it’s not the right opportunity for you, help us spread the word to your networks!
Read More2025 PD Care Connection Conference is March 12-14
Come see us at the 2nd annual 2025 PD Care Connection Conference at the ASU SkySong Innovation Center in Scottsdale this March! Our own Dr. Becky Farley will speak on Friday, March 14 on Exercise as Medicine and Tips for Designing an Exercise Prescription. Best part – it’s free! For more information, visit https://pdcareconnection.org.
Read MoreRegistration for the PWR! Retreat 2025 is OPEN!
Ready for a life-changing experience? The exercise-based PWR! Retreat lets you experience what an optimized exercise routine feels like, and it will equip you with the knowledge and tools to make informed decisions about rehabilitation and exercise routines in your own community or home. You will learn the vital components of a Parkinson’s disease-specific exercise routine…
Read MoreOriginally PWR!Moves Certified in 2022? This is Your Year to Recertify!
Were you originally PWR!Moves certified as a therapist in 2022? If so, 2025 is your year to recertify – and you have a choice between Freezing of Gait or Refresher workshops! Learn more and register at www.pwr4life.org/recertification.
Read MoreAP: Physical therapy is ‘the best-kept secret in health care’
If it was up to us, it would no longer be a secret! Exercise is medicine, and if you or a loved one is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, we can help. https://apnews.com/article/be-well-physical-therapy-ffd7de3680fd4e63322cd63085cfbeda
Read MoreDecember 3 is #GivingTuesday
Mark your calendar for December 3 – it’s #GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Your support of PWR! helps those with PD get better and stay better with exercise. Give at www.pwr4life.org/giving-challenge.
Read MoreGiving Challenge: Here’s to More PWR! in 2025
Big news! We are raising $175,000 by the end of the year to expand our impact of helping people with PD get better and stay better with exercise. We encourage you to give at www.pwr4life.org/giving-challenge to bring More PWR! to more people.
Read MoreThank You Veterans – Advocate for Veterans with PD
On this Veteran’s Day, PWR! thanks everyone who has served. In addition to gratitude, join us and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in support of veterans with Parkinson’s Disease by urging Congress to prioritize funding for the Department of Defense’s Parkinson’s Research Program and Department of Veterans Affairs Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education…
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