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May 2024 Newsletter

Check out our May 2024 Newsletter, highlighting punching out Parkinson's with therapeutic boxing, completing the stress cycle with exercise, 3 exercises to alleviate piriformis syndrome, and spring donation drive thank you.

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Benefits of Therapeutic Boxing for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a multifaceted neurodegenerative disease that impairs movement, coordination, and cognitive function over time. Physical therapy-led exercise is a critical component of managing Parkinson’s disease, helping to manage symptoms, and even slowing progression of the disease. Therapeutic boxing is a unique targeted exercise therapy, requiring full-body movement, combining upper-body punching sequences with lower-body footwork to build strength, counter rigidity, and improve hand-eye coordination, balance, posture, and agility. Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist Bobby demonstrates therapeutic boxing with a Parkinson’s patient on the blog!

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June 2023 Newsletter

Check out our June 2023 Newsletter, highlighting punching out Parkinson's WFMJ local news feature, physical therapy for postpartum urinary stress incontinence, walking after a total hip replacement & femoral nerve palsy, and three exercises to address shin splints.

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May 2023 Newsletter

Check out our May 2023 Newsletter, highlighting punching out Parkinson's with therapeutic boxing, spring donation drive thank you, physical therapy for sciatica, and three exercises for plantar fasciitis.

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Punching out Parkinson’s Disease with Therapeutic Boxing Physical Therapy

Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist Bobby demonstrates therapeutic boxing with a Parkinson’s patient on our blog. Parkinson’s disease is a multifaceted neurological disorder that impairs movement, coordination, and cognitive function over time. Therapeutic boxing with a physical therapist offers an innovative and effective exercise intervention to enhance a Parkinson’s disease patient’s stride length, gait, strength, coordination, and balance. Therapeutic boxing requires full-body movement, combining upper-body punching sequences with lower-body footwork.

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Physical Therapy for Boxing Injuries

Boxing is a high-impact sport requiring full-body movement, coordination, agility, endurance, and power, combining upper-body power punching with lower-body footwork. Due to the high intensity of the sport, upper body injuries are common, including concussions, wrist and elbow strains, boxer’s fracture, or shoulder rotator cuff or labrum tears. Physical therapists can help boxers prevent injury through a customized strength and conditioning program and recover from and return to the boxing ring safely after injury.

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May 2022 Newsletter

Check out our May 2022 newsletter celebrating women’s health month with an article on strengthening the core after a c-section. The newsletter also covers treating pitcher’s elbow with physical therapy, therapeutic boxing for Parkinson’s disease, and managing diabetes with exercise.

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Therapeutic Boxing Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that impairs movement, coordination, and cognitive function over time. Physical therapy can help a patient with Parkinson’s disease combat movement dysfunction and impaired balance and coordination in a fun and effective way using therapeutic boxing within a comprehensive treatment program. Therapeutic boxing requires full-body movement, combining upper-body punching sequences with lower-body footwork to build strength, counter muscle rigidity, and improve hand-eye coordination, balance, posture, and agility.

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#ParkinsonsDiseaseAwarenessMonth: Physical Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

April is #ParkinsonsDiseaseAwarenessMonth. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition that can negatively impact an individual’s physical and cognitive abilities, including mobility limitations, balance issues, and gait problems. Physical therapy helps Parkinson’s disease patients manage the disease and delay progression of symptoms using a customized exercise program, including the innovative treatment of therapeutic boxing. Physical therapy helps Parkinson’s disease patients enhance mobility, balance, and coordination and improve quality of life and functional independence.

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