Really good posture is helpful to take those bigger steps, get a better heel to toe contact with the floor and to avoid that shuffling or where I kind of land with my foot flat. However, if I can PWR! Up before I walk with really nice posture it’s easier for me to take bigger steps and get that heel down first. Anytime you are about to do some walking, I really recommend to go ahead and PWR! Up!

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/how-posture-affects-walking/

For our members. Join us virtually. Debbie Braganza offers Dance for PD every Friday in May and June from 1-2pm (NEW TIME). 

Dance for PD classes invite people with Parkinson’s to experience the joys and benefits of dance while creatively addressing symptom-specific concerns related to balance, cognition, motor skill, depression, and physical confidence. This program uses dance to empower people with Parkinson’s and their care partners and families to explore movement and music in ways that are

Register now for our  July 23-24 PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop and save!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

The early bird discount for our July 18th  PWR!Moves Therapist Recertification Workshop expires on May 19th. Register now!

https://www.pwr4life.org/register-refresher/

We have a research database overflowing with entries that we use to inform our programming, workshops, and gym practices. We frequently update it and it is searchable too!

https://www.pwr4life.org/parkinson-research/

Mark your calendars for our July 9 & 10th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop! Register here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

Register now for our PWR!Moves Instructor Certification Workshop on June 25th and 26th!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/pwr-instructor/upcoming-pwr-instructor-workshops/

QOL is one of hundreds of medical acronyms, but at the end of the day, it’s the most important one. Quality of Life should be the driving purpose behind every medical intervention; yet many people with Parkinson’s find that appointments and prescribed exercises have become their life. How do you manage Parkinson’s rather than letting it manage you?

Learn more here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/quality-of-life-and-parkinsons/

We’ve extended our discount for the PWR! Virtual Experience just in time to take advantage of our new 360 Guided Plan. Sign up now and save 50%!

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/

Deep Brain Stimulation is currently the gold standard surgical treatment for Parkinson’s Disease. Biological treatments such as gene therapy and cell transplantation for Parkinson’s disease have been explored in clinical trials over the last two decades. We will review the current status of these clinical trials, as well as future directions for biological approaches to treat Parkinson’s disease. 

Register here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/clinical-trials-and-pd/