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Category: Parkinson's Disease

Apr 21, 2022

PARKINSON’S DISEASE…

Dance Like Nobody’s Watching! “Dance like nobody’s watching!” This is one of my favorite quotes from Mitch Albom’s book, Tuesdays With Mori, because it represents interesting facts about human behavior. One, of course, is the ability to be comfortable in your own skin. The other, maybe less obvious benefit is that challenging your balance through […]

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Apr 4, 2022

EXERCISE FOR THOSE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

April is National Parkinson’s Awareness Month Part I of II Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, degenerative disease that leads to slowness of movement, balance disorders, tremors, and difficulty walking. PD results from the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain. Dopamine is critical to stimulate the nerves of the muscular system in the […]

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Nov 16, 2021

PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, degenerative disease that leads to slowness of movement, balance disorders, tremors, and difficulty walking. PD results from the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain.

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Nov 8, 2021

EXERCISE FOR THOSE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Part I of II What is Parkinson's Disease (PD) Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, degenerative disease that leads to slowness of movement, balance disorders, tremors, and difficulty walking. PD results from the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain. Dopamine is critical to stimulate the nerves of the muscular system in the body. […]

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Feb 19, 2018

Augmented Reality Treatment for Parkinson's Disease: Part 2

NEW TREATMENT FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE AUGMENTED REALITY: Part 2 of 2 BILL CONNELL, SPT3 Bill is a 3rd year doctor of physical therapy student at The University of Scranton and works as a student PT aide at Mackarey Physical Therapy. He is a graduate of Scranton Prep and plans to practice orthopedic and sports PT in […]

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Feb 12, 2018

Augmented reality treatment for Parkinson's Disease-Part 1

This column is a monthly feature of “Health & Exercise Forum” NEW TREATMENT FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE –AUGMENTED REALITY Part 1 of 2 Guest Columnist: BILL CONNELL, SPT3 Bill is a 3rd year doctor of physical therapy student at The University of Scranton and works as a student PT aide at Mackarey Physical Therapy. He is a […]

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Dec 12, 2016

Dancing to help with Parkinson's Disease: Part 2 of 2

DANCE FOR EXERCISE FOR THOSE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE “Dance like nobody’s watching!” This is one of my favorite quotes from Mitch Albom’s book, Tuesdays With Mori, because it represents interesting facts about human behavior. One, of course, is the ability to be comfortable in your own skin. The other, maybe less obvious benefit, is that […]

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Dec 5, 2016

Exercise can help with Parkinson's Disease - Part 1 of 2

EXERCISE FOR THOSE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE - Part 1 of 2 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, degenerative disease that leads to slowness of movement, balance disorders, tremors, and difficulty walking. PD results from the loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain. Dopamine is critical to stimulate the nerves of the muscular system in […]

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