East Hartford Gym Using Exercise to Help Battle Parkinson s Disease Gabrielle Lucivero © Provided by NBC Connecticut
Beat Parkinson’s Disease Today, Inc. is using exercise to help keep Parkinson’s disease from progressing in some of its clients.
April is Parkinson’s Disease awareness month and in Connecticut, there’s a gym in East Hartford that’s helping its community “Beat PD”.
“t’s very ironic that I taught young kids how to exercise and be healthy and now I’m teaching an older population how to be healthy and exercise,” said Michelle Hespeler, founder of Beat Parkinson’s Today, Inc.
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Parkinson’s patients band together to spread positivity
(From left) Retirees Pang Boon Kow, Margaret Mary Wan and Chua Teck Koon are Parkinson s patients. Their book, Beating The Odds, captures their and their caregivers journeys in fighting the disease. TNP PHOTO: GIN TAY
They write book to share their stories with others struggling with the disease
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When Ms Margaret Mary Wan, 70, was diagnosed with Parkinson s disease in 2015, she was desperate and felt her world crumbled , taking almost a year to accept her condition.
Five years later, her husband, who was also her caregiver, was diagnosed with the same condition.