Steve was diagnosed with YOPD in 2008 at age 40. He had spent approx 20 years working as a fitness trainer, training approximately 300,000 trainers worldwide, living and working for14 years in Europe.
He is proof that exercise can not only slow the progression of Parkinson’s, but can also help to reduce medication.
I’m hoping this will be seen as an inspiring story to motivate people to get out there and exercise, and not as an advertisement. That is not my intention.
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A possibly relevant factor is that aerobic exercise(boxing) increases melatonin production and melatonin crosses the blood brain barrier, protects the mitochondria and dopaminergic neurons, is anti inflammatory and returns elevated oxidative stress levels in PwP back to healthy control levels!
Jenny. Do you know this fella personally? It sounds all well and good and I’d like to believe it but I’m actually so rough these days that after a difficult night especially I just can’t do any meaningful exercise other than maybe stretch? The thought of boxing just exhausts me (and I used to box properly back in the day 🥊).
Hi jeeves. Sorry to hear you’re not going well. Yes, we do know Steve personally. He brought PDBoxFit to our town approximately 5 years ago. We met him when he trained our neuro physio for the ongoing group classes.
With covid, the lockdowns began and the gyms closed, so we joined Steve’s group zoom classes, then when the gyms reopened, he very kindly agreed to continue with our weekly zoom sessions as we live approx 600 klms away.
Baby steps! Just work up to it gradually. Maybe start with a few lunges, or squat and stop, and gradually build up over the weeks. You can do it. It will take time, but you will get there!
Since you used to box, here’s a bit more inspiration. Steve participated in a charity boxing event. He won the fight, and it’s interesting to note that the other fellow didn’t have Parkinson’s.
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When did you start with physical therapy?
Hope through Meditation and Mindfulness 
Cause of Parkinson's as postulated by Noel Batten on blogtalkradio.com and Robert Rogers Ph.D
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Using B1 therapy
