The PWR! Retreat 2023 will take place at The Scottsdale Resort in Scottsdale, AZ, from Sunday, June 4th to Saturday, June 10th. Are you on our interest list? Sign up here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-retreat/

As a member of our PWR! Virtual Experience, you’ll have access to all of our Guided Plans! Join us now and save 50% off of the first three months with the coupon code PWRbalance

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/guided-plans-for-members/

Fall prevention is always important! Revisit our PWR! Wellness Series on Tai Chi Easy for Fall Prevention and Healthy Living today here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/tai-chi-easy-for-fall-prevention-and-healthy-living-with-roxanne-reynolds/

The process of balance control is complex and dysfunction can interfere with our ability to remain upright and steady. For people with Parkinson disease, the motor and nonmotor symptoms and the side effects of medications and deep brain stimulation can further contribute to poor balance control and lead to negative psychological effects and reduced mobility and participation in life. Learn more from Jennifer, our Parkinson’s expert, talk about balance!

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/bal

We are seeking enthusiastic individuals with prior board or organizational leadership experience who share an interest in our mission. Read more here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PWR-Board-Announcement_12.14.2022.pdf

We have added more exercise videos and a second Calendar to the original Balance Guided Plan. Balance helps you to walk, stand, reach, eat, and play with Parkinson’s. Now is the time to use a Balance Guided Plan to improve how you balance in your life. 

We suggest you practice the Guided Plan program for 2 months straight by repeating our first calendar plan twice OR or working through our first calendar and then adding the second calendar for the 2nd month.  Doing both calendars will give you

There’s still time to attend our January 28th & 29th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop but time is running out. Sign up now!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

#pwr4life#physicaltherapists#occupationaltherapists#pwrvirtualworkshops

Don’t forget our PWR! Wellness Series: Recharge  is on January 18th at 4:30PM AZ time! Sign up here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/recharge-2023/

Mark your calendars for our PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop on March 11th & 12th! Sign up here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

If you have tremor or know someone who does, check out this article written by Catherine D. Printz, DPT:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/do-you-have-tremor/

Don’t forget to register for our February 25th & 26th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

To understand more about how PD-related posture changes affect you and what rehabilitation and exercise interventions may help, read this:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/posture-and-parkinson-research-and-education/

#posture #parkinson #exercise4brainchange #pwr4life #pwrmoves

The PWR! Virtual Experience has so much to offer! Check out some of our classes here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/classes-offered-in-the-pwr-virtual-experience/

then join us! You won’t regret it

We can’t wait to see you at our PWR! Wellness Series: Recharge  on January 18th at 4:30PM AZ time! Sign up here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/recharge-2023/

Time is running out to attend our January 14th & 15th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

#pwr4life #physicaltherapists #occupationaltherapists #pwrvirtualworkshops #parkinson

Have you checked out our PWR!Moves Workshops lately? We have several coming up soon and are always adding more!

https://www.pwr4life.org/

While the PWR!Gym is physically closed for the holidays until January 3, we are open virtually and want to make sure that our PWR! Virtual Experience members are able to exercise during our closure.

Here is a special collection of full-length recordings of our 60-minute Zoom exercise classes to keep you moving (while also allowing your favorite instructors some well-deserved time off):

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/special-holiday-live-class-collection/

As 2023 draws near, we have gathered together a wrap-up of our 2022 PWR! Wellness Series and, for our PWR! Virtual Gym Members, a fun holiday collection of exercise videos you may like. Enjoy!

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/wellness-series-2022-wrap-up/

We are seeking enthusiastic individuals with prior board or organizational leadership experience who share an interest in our mission “to enhance access to and awareness of research driven exercise that improves quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease.” Read more here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PWR-Board-Announcement_12.14.2022.pdf

We wish everyone Happy Holidays!

PWR!Gym holiday hours:

The PWR!Gym will be closed starting December 24th – and will reopen January 3rd. There will be no live classes; however, we’ll be open virtually for our members so you can still exercise here:

https://exerciseforbrainchange.org/

#happyholidays #holidayhours #exercise4brainchange #pwrvirtualexperience

Mark your calendars for our PWR! Wellness Series: Recharge on January 18th at 4:30PM AZ time! Sign up here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/recharge-2023/

With the holidays upon us, Cat from the PWR!GYM shows you how to pick up those presents off the ground when you are celebrating with your family here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/using-pwrup-to-pick-up-presents/

There’s still time to attend our PWR!Moves Instructor Certification Workshop on February 11th & 12th! Sign up now!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/pwr-instructor/upcoming-pwr-instructor-workshops/

#pwr4life #parkinson #physicaltherapists #occupationaltherapists #fitnessinstructors

If you believe in the difference we’re making in the Parkinson’s community, we invite you to be inspired and make a difference with us!

Give online through our website – www.pwr4life.org/giving-challengeMail a gift (4343 N Oracle Rd Ste 173, Tucson, AZ 85705)Arrange for a Qualified Charitable Distribution gift directly from an IRA (which may reduce your taxable income if you’re 70.5 or older)Donate stock from your investment portfolioArizona residents – your gift to Qualified Charitable Organiz

This fun PWR!Move includes a pair of great lighted gloves to emphasize your movements. The music and the spirit just add to the fun! We encourage you to have fun and try new things when it comes to your PWR!Moves

https://www.pwr4life.org/happy-holiday-lights-pwrmove/

Thank you to everyone who has joined us in the Giving Challenge so far! With your help, we have raised nearly $128,000. Since we’re so close, and because many of you prefer to make charitable contributions in December, we have decided to extend the Giving Challenge through December and raise our goal to $150,000. If you haven’t yet donated, it’s not too late!

https://www.pwr4life.org/giving-challenge/

Don’t forget to sign up for our January 28th & 29th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop! 

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

#pwr4life#physicaltherapists#occupationaltherapists#pwrvirtualworkshops

Register now for our February 25th & 26th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop to save money!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

This season, you may get the opportunity to spend time with your children and grandchildren. As we all know, when you lift babies and toddlers off of the floor, it can be quite heavy and can potentially throw you off balance. This video demonstrates how you can practice basic PWR! Up and hip hinge movements to lift your children or grandchildren up safely, without losing your balance

pwr4life.org/pwrup-for-the-pwrmove-of-the-month/

If you would like to revisit our PWR! Wellness Series on Service Dogs for People with Parkinson’s, it is available here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/service-dogs-for-parkinsons/

Don’t forget to register for our January 14th & 15th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop!

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/therapist-registration/

“Physical activity is an important aspect of overall health and disease prevention, and it’s especially vital for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Regular exercise can help improve balance, mobility, and the ability to navigate everyday life, and there is also research to indicate that it can actually improve many Parkinson’s symptoms. 

According to Stanford Medicine, for people with PD, exercise is just as important as taking your medications on . . .”

https://www.everydayhealth.com/park

We need your support to:

Further research efforts in the PWR!Gym that broaden and improve Parkinson’s-focused programming

Expand educational training programs for therapy and fitness professionals

Increase access for people with PD to specialized exercise programs, and

Reach people with Parkinson’s in underserved communities

Will you join us?

https://www.pwr4life.org/giving/

#givingtuesday #parkinson #pwr4life #pwrfulgivingtuesday #supportpwr

You can revisit our PWR! Wellness Series on Deep Brain Stimulation and Parkinson Disease here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/deep-brain-stimulation-and-parkinsons-disease/

#pwr4life #pwrwellnessseries #parkinson #deepbrainstimulation

While you shop online this long week-end, please consider helping PWR! It does not cost you anything yet, it helps us a great deal

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#pwr4life #parkinson #exercise4brainchange #amazonsmile #donatewhileyoushop #everylittlebithelps

Happy Thanksgiving from PWR!

We are closed today and tomorrow but our videos are available to all our PWR! Virtual Experience members here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/

#pwr4life #exercise4brainchange #thanksgiving #pwrvirtualexperience

We spend a lot of time turning when cooking in the kitchen in November and December. Sometimes turning can be hard when you have Parkinson disease. But did you know that you can use your PWR!Moves to help you turn safely and with good balance? Watch as Cat Printz from the PWR!Gym demonstrates how to use your PWR! Step and PWR! Rock to turn safely. Learn more here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/turning-in-the-kitchen-with-the-pwrstep/

Time is running out to attend our December 10th PWR!Moves Therapist Recertification Workshop! Register now at:

https://www.pwr4life.org/register-refresher/

Spanish speakers diagnosed with Parkinson’s will soon have much-needed resources to cope with the progressive brain disorder that affects the nervous system. – Thank you to the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson.com and Carmen Duarte for helping us support those with Parkinson’s in the community that speak Spanish. To read the article visit –  https://tucson.com/news/local/pilot-program-seeking-spanish-speakers-with-parkinsons-disease/article_589c9690-5aea-11ed-a271-5f5698a91408.htmlFor more…

To read more of Susan’s story and to learn about our tax-deductible Giving Challenge, visit here:

https://conta.cc/3NUu2Tf

#pwr4life #parkinson #exercise4brainchange #givingchallenge #donatenow