Don’t forget to join Debbie Braganza every Friday from 1-2pm! Dance for PD classes invite people with Parkinson’s to enjoy dancing while creatively addressing symptom-specific concerns https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/live-class-calendar/
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Register now for our August 20-21st PWR!Moves Therapist Certification Workshop and save!

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

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Mark your calendars for our PWR! Wellness Series: Freezing of Gait and Parkinson Disease on June 15th!

Register here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/wellness-series-freezing-of-gait/

“Learning is something we are all familiar with. As children we learn in school, as adults we learn in our careers, even when retirement comes along we continue to learn. A diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease does not mean learning should stop. In fact, it is as good a time as any to learn something new!”

Come revisit our PWR! Wellness Series on Living and Learning with Parkinson Disease! It is available here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/living-and-learning-with-parkinson-disease/

Register now for our August 6-7th PWR!Moves Instructor Certification Workshop and save! https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-workshops/pwr-instructor/upcoming-pwr-instructor-workshops/

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Keep your Parkinson’s symptoms at bay with these simple strategies to help you keep moving during your vacation. 

As summer arrives, many of us plan to get out of town, literally, in an attempt to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Maybe we’re visiting family, or seeing a destination on our bucket-list, or relaxing on a sunny beach somewhere. Regardless of where you’re vacationing, maintaining an exercise program can often seem like a hassle when your goal is to rest and rela

Really good posture is helpful to take those bigger steps, get a better heel to toe contact with the floor and to avoid that shuffling or where I kind of land with my foot flat. However, if I can PWR! Up before I walk with really nice posture it’s easier for me to take bigger steps and get that heel down first. Anytime you are about to do some walking, I really recommend to go ahead and PWR! Up!

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/how-posture-affects-walking/

For our members. Join us virtually. Debbie Braganza offers Dance for PD every Friday in May and June from 1-2pm (NEW TIME). 

Dance for PD classes invite people with Parkinson’s to experience the joys and benefits of dance while creatively addressing symptom-specific concerns related to balance, cognition, motor skill, depression, and physical confidence. This program uses dance to empower people with Parkinson’s and their care partners and families to explore movement and music in ways that are

Register now for our  July 23-24 PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop and save!

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

The early bird discount for our July 18th  PWR!Moves Therapist Recertification Workshop expires on May 19th. Register now!

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

We have a research database overflowing with entries that we use to inform our programming, workshops, and gym practices. We frequently update it and it is searchable too!

https://www.pwr4life.org/parkinson-research/

Mark your calendars for our July 9 & 10th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop! Register here:

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

Register now for our PWR!Moves Instructor Certification Workshop on June 25th and 26th!

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

QOL is one of hundreds of medical acronyms, but at the end of the day, it’s the most important one. Quality of Life should be the driving purpose behind every medical intervention; yet many people with Parkinson’s find that appointments and prescribed exercises have become their life. How do you manage Parkinson’s rather than letting it manage you?

Learn more here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/quality-of-life-and-parkinsons/

We’ve extended our discount for the PWR! Virtual Experience just in time to take advantage of our new 360 Guided Plan. Sign up now and save 50%!

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Deep Brain Stimulation is currently the gold standard surgical treatment for Parkinson’s Disease. Biological treatments such as gene therapy and cell transplantation for Parkinson’s disease have been explored in clinical trials over the last two decades. We will review the current status of these clinical trials, as well as future directions for biological approaches to treat Parkinson’s disease. 

Register here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/clinical-trials-and-pd/

Did you know you can donate to PWR! while you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you? Every little bit helps make a difference in the lives of people with Parkinson and it is very much appreciated! 

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While Parkinson Awareness Month is drawing to a close, we know, unfortunately, that Parkinson Disease will not end as easily yet. At PWR!, we are here for you and your clients every day.  Come join us!

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There are many benefits to attending our live PWR!Moves Classes! The timing can’t get any better to join either since there’s a 50% discount for new members

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We offer PWR!Moves Guided Plans with varied intensities and a full calendar of classes to keep you PWR! Moving! You can even check out another free video here:

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/guided-plan-pwrmoves-360-start-today/

We’ve got a new PWR!Moves 360 Guided Plan. Try out our High Intensity Strength 2- Upper Body class for free with Jennifer from the PWR!Gym. This is our high intensity version. come back next week and we’ll offer a free low intensity class to try

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/guided-plan-pwrmoves-360-start-today/

The PWR!Moves are so important in everyday life. Keep up with your PWR!Moves!

https://www.pwr4life.org/moves/

PWR! Step for improvement in your daily life!

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All the PWR!Moves are so helpful for so many activities!

https://www.pwr4life.org/moves/

Discount the first few months of yourmembership:  50% off your first 3 months of continuous membership. Sign up today using coupon code “AWARENESS2022” 

This coupon code expires on April 31, 2022. No cash value. *New Memberships Only

This is a $75.00 to $280.00 discount depending on which membership you choose!

Don’t miss it. A multi-month discount. Wow!

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/sign-up/

We’ve opened many new PWR!Moves Workshops! Register for yours today here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/

April is Parkinson Awareness Month, and we want to invite you to participate in a challenge. We want to see how you (or your clients, or your friends, or your family) PWR! Up.

Follow Calli as she shows you how to use PWR!Moves to help you pull those tangled blankets up in bed

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/pulling-up-the-blankets-using-the-pwrmoves/

We have scheduled many PWR!Moves Workshops. This includes a PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop on Labor Day Week-end!  Check them out and register here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/

Join us for our April PWR! Wellness Series as Jennifer Bazan-Wigle, PT, DPT, CEEAA® for answers all your questions about Balance! April 20th, 4:30 PM AZ time. Sign up here: https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/balance-and-parkinsons-with-jennifer/

Mark your calendars for our May 14-15th PWR!Moves Certified Therapist Workshop!

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

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Mark your calendars for our May 2nd PWR!Moves Therapist Recertification Workshop!

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

Our PWR! Retreat is currently full, but we have opened a waitlist

After two years without the Retreat, your response has been overwhelming! We are officially on a waitlist. If you have started the registration process but have not yet turned in all your documents, we encourage you to turn them in right away. We will be taking a waitlist for any possible openings. Please don’t wait! Your spot is not confirmed until you have completed the registration process and we have received your payment.

Calli shares two of her favorite apps to help you get the more out of your exercise. Plus, they are both free!

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/apps-to-help-you-get-more-out-of-your-exercise/

For our PWR! Virtual Experience Members:

Cat has three things she tells us about Freezing of Gait in order to avoid freezing in the first place. While you’re there, download our tips for Falling and Freezing for members.

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/what-is-freezing-of-gait/

We are excited to offer you a searchable database of the working body of research that Dr. Farley and the PWR! team use to inform our programming, workshops, and gym practices.

It is an ever-growing database of research that informs our programming. In fact, Dr. Farley’s own research is part of the database too. It is searchable by topic, name, and includes hyperlinks to where these resources can be accessed. This is a great resource for PWR!Moves certified professionals, students/recent grads

When the rest of the USA will be springing forward this Sunday, Arizona will not. For those who are outside of Arizona, please be aware of this in regards to your PWR! Workshops and PWR! Exercise Classes 

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The 2022 PWR! Retreat is open for registration! Sign up here:

https://www.pwr4life.org/pwr-retreat/pwrretreat-registration-form/

Learn about the synergistic relationship between exercise and medication and how together they can help you achieve the best level of physical fitness, function, and quality of life that is possible. Find out how to recognize when you may need to start medications or talk to your doctor to optimize your current medications.

https://www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/wellness-series-exercise-and-medicine-living-your-best-life/