How the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County is improving health and providing community support through its Pedaling for Parkinson’s program. Riding an indoor, stationary bicycle has been shown to reduce Parkinson’s motor symptoms by 35%. ...
In 2013, the YMCA of Southwestern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana, was approached simultaneously by the community as a whole, and by a member with Parkinson’s. The community wanted to bring a general boxing program to ...
When Trish Harrison, the association health and wellness director of the YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo, found out about the discontinuing of her mother’s Parkinson’s class at a local gym, she decided to step in and ...