Supporting Wellness Through Specialized Programs
Community Wellness Partners offers a variety of specialized programs aimed at enhancing the quality of life for individuals managing Parkinson’s disease. These programs focus on improving mobility, communication, and overall well-being through evidence-based therapies and activities. From fitness-based classes that promote strength and balance to therapy protocols that support better movement and communication, the programs are designed to meet the unique needs of each participant.
Rock Steady Boxing
Rock Steady Boxing is a non-contact, boxing-based fitness curriculum that aims to improve the quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease through a non-contact, boxing-based fitness curriculum.
Studies have shown that rigorous exercise, emphasizing gross motor movement, balance, core strength, and rhythm, favorably impacts range of motion, flexibility, posture, gait, and activities of daily living.
Additional studies show that intense “forced” exercise, suggesting that certain kinds of exercise, may be neuro-protective as well as slow disease progression.
Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT)
LSVT LOUD and LSVT BIG are effective, evidence-based and empowering treatments for people in all stages of Parkinson’s disease with application to other neurological conditions. Both are standardized therapy protocols that are customized to the unique goals of individuals across a range of disease severity and communication impairments.
LSVT LOUD helps people with Parkinson’s disease improve communication.
LSVT BIG helps people with Parkinson’s disease improve mobility and activities of daily living.
Community Wellness Partners has a team of therapists with certifications in LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD.
William and Rita Abraham Speaker Series
The William and Rita Abraham Speaker Series provides education and insights with different speakers, topics and perspectives related to Parkinson’s disease. The series is held quarterly and is FREE of charge to the community.
The William and Rita Abraham Speaker Series was created by William (Bill) Abraham and his children, Wade and Marie Abraham, Jennifer and Alan Rust, and Andrea Sandock, in honor of their wife and mother, Rita Abraham.
Pedaling for Parkinson’s
The Pedaling for Parkinson’s™ program is based on research indicating that forced exercise on a bicycle can reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s. Participants who ride three days a week over eight weeks have shown improvement in their Parkinson’s-related symptoms by as much as 35%.
Community Wellness Partners has specially designed space for Pedal for Parkinson’s with state of the art bicycles dedicated to this program.
