Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Rock Steady Boxing: Exercise club for Parkinson’s patients helps many with movement—and hope

I did this feature story about a local group that's doing some amazing work. It's always good when you come away inspired from meeting people...


    Frank Pulice dropped his left shoulder and delivered a well-timed combination to the heavy bag swinging in front of him at a North Shadeland boxing gym. He recently put on boxing gloves for the first time in decades, but his opponent now isn’t another teenager. It’s the progressive disease he has in common with Muhammad Ali and Michael J. Fox. 

    Frank has Parkinson’s disease, and like thousands of other patients, he’s found help at Rock Steady Boxing, the national exercise club with a North Shadeland gym that helps many Parkinson’s patients with movement—and hope—through a non-contact, boxing-based fitness program.

MORE: https://northshadeland.com/rock-steady-boxing-indianapolis/


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