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Get moving
Exercise is essential to maintaining balance, mobility and activities of daily living. Making exercise a top priority puts you on the right track for managing your Parkinson's.
Options for Exercise During COVID Restrictions
These local individuals lead classes, but each has a different setup and some may work with clients privately so contact them for details. All are familiar with the movement challenges of Parkinson's.
Rock Steady Boxing
Patrick Strosnider
8900 San Mateo Blvd NE Suite E
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Boxing classes for people with PD, team training.
Mindy Caplan
505-453-7200
Movement and Balance, Yoga
Melody Madrid
505 328-9089
ResoluteSeniors.com
Tai Chi, for Balance, Strength and Balance
Linda Ozier
505-322-5422
Yoga, Parkinson's Wellness Recovery,Tai Chi
Other options
Click here for an extensive list of online exercise classes and live virtual classes for a wide range of abilities from all over the country and some foreign countries. Almost all are oriented to PD.
Before starting an online class, check out our Safety Tips for Online Exercise Classes plus links to some favorites websites.
Parkinson's can put up lots of road blocks making exercise seem impossible. Yet exercise helps overcome many of these obstacles:
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Fatigue
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Pain
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Apathy
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Depression
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Social isolation
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Anxiety
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Limited mobility
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Stiffness
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Feeling Bloated
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Poor organizational skills
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Slowness
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Loneliness
Exercise is a win-win.
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Exercise makes you feel better.
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Feeling better makes exercise more achievable.
Get on your feet
Get up and make it happen
Get on your feet
Stand up and take some action
--Gloria Estefan