Media Room

PWR! in the Community

November 21, 2014
Dr. Farley spoke at the 10th annual ParkinsonNet Symposium in Utrecht, Netherlands.

September 25-27, 2014
Dr. Farley spoke at the 2nd Annual MDS-Allied Health Professional Summer School in Torres Vedras (Lisbon), Portugal, September 25-27, 2014 with PWR! Faculty Dr. Claire McLean on Rehabilitation Management: Physical Capacity and Inactivity.

September 2014
Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
» Read the article

 

May 20, 2014
KVOA News 4 Tucson
» Tucson gym helping Parkinson’s patients stay active

 

April 16, 2014
» Goal Accomplished: Bring PWR! to Bay Area PD Patients

 

March 27, 2014
Arizona Daily Star
» Gym for Parkinson’s patients is growing

 

January 4, 2014
The SPOTLIGHT Program

Supporting Senior Healthcare Professionals
pwr! presents at The SPOTLIGHT Program in Tucson, AZ
» SPOTLIGHT newsletter

PWR! Workshop Sussex County, Delaware

November 5, 2013
Cape Gazette

pwr!Workshop Sussex County, Delaware
» Local Parkinson’s group hosts Train-the-Trainer therapy and exercise classes

October 1-4, 2013
World Parkinson Congress (WPC) 2013

pwr! presented at the World Parkinson Congress in Montreal at Booth 1307.

September 15, 2013
pwr! Video Competition

“Rockin’ with Parkinson’s”
Congratulations to Beth Millage, DPT, Erin Vesey, DPT, and their volunteer, Jerri Smith for winning the first annual pwr! Video Competition! The prize for this contest was a $200 donation made to the organization of their choice – the Minnesota APDA. Please be sure to watch their creative use of pwr! Rock movements in this winning submission!

July 17, 2013
Morning Blend
» Interview with Dr. Becky Farley
PWRCommunityPartner

July 3, 2013
Good Morning Tucson
» Powering up those with Parkinson’s disease

July, 2013
pwr! is Journal Broadcast Group July’s Community Partner

pwr! would like to thank Journal Broadcast Group for making us the Community Partner for July 2013! This generous gift of a media campaign worth more than $100,000 will help us reach thousands of people with Parkinson disease in Pima County.
PWR! Journal Broadcast Group Community Partner

April 14, 2013
Arizona Daily Star

pwr!Hike follow up story, featuring Tim Bowden.
» Stretching his limits helps, climber with Parkinson’s

April 9, 2013
Denver Post

» Baby Boomers driving force behind fitness changes

March, 2013
Morning Blend

» Tim and Diane Bowden talk about pwr!Hike 2013

March 31, 2013
Arizona Daily Star

» The tougher, the better for Tucson hiker who’s battling Parkinson’s for Tucson hiker with Parkinson’s

March 14, 2013
The Vancouver Sun

The story of a pwr!Retreat past participant
» Empowered Health: Fighting the effects of Parkinson’s with exercise

December 1, 2012
Vantage West Credit Union Award

On Saturday, December 1, 2012, pwr! was awarded the Vantage West Credit Union Award. We were nominated by James “Rocky” and Amy Chandler for this award, which was presented at the Vantage West
Credit Union Employee Masquerade Ball at the Ventana Canyon Ballroom. Pictured (from left to right):
Amy Chandler, Dr. Becky G. Farley, and James “Rocky” Chandler

November 17, 2012
Midwest Young Onset Parkinson’s Conference

Dr. Becky Farley presented:
» Exercise as Medicine for Parkinson Disease: Exercise is a tool to optimize brain health, repair, and FUNction

November 13, 2012
The Denver Post

» Teacher Gary Sobol knows firsthand that exercise helps people with Parkinson’s Disease

October 30, 2012
National Physical Therapy Magazine

Featuring Tim and Diane Bowden
» Fly Fishing Good Therapy for Parkinson’s Patients

March 26, 2012
Morning Blend

» pwr!Hike 2012

April, 2012
Morning Blend

UACC member studying link between Parkinson’s and melanoma
» Parkinson disease/melanoma research study led by Dr. Tim Bowden/a>

April 18, 2012
FOX 11, Tucson News

Drs. Farley and Bowden talk about HOW pwr!gym® helped Dr. Bowden climb Mt. Lemmon.
» View pwr!gym® feature

April 15, 2012
Arizona Daily Star

» Gym-dandy help for Parkinson’s: People with Disease Now Have an Exclusive Place to Exercise

February 7, 2012
National Physical Therapy Magazine

» Exercise For Parkinson’s Patients