Monday, May 2, 2016

Person living with Parkinson's Disease shows HUGE improvements after FallProof™ classes

Having just attended the PANC/Parkinson Wise train-the-trainer workshop at Kaiser on Saturday, I am proud to share some remarkable balance and fitness pre/post data from the FallProof™ classes I just finished at Fit4U in Carmichael, CA.

The first set of data reflect a 66-year old participant living with Parkinson's Disease.  Here are her scores:
Session #1:
Lower body strength:                          13 chair stands in 30s
Lower body flexibility:                       10" inches from toes
Dynamic Balance and Agility:            6.5 seconds to walk 8'

Session #8:                                                                                                 IMPROVEMENT
Lower body strength:                          16 chair stands in 30s                   +3 chair stands
Lower body flexibility:                        6" inches from toes                      +4 inches
Dynamic Balance and Agility:            5.9 seconds to walk 8'                   .6 second faster

While all of the participants deserve special recognition, I would like to also mention another "most improved" participant; an 85-year old woman with extreme knee and shoulder pain and limitations.

Her pre/post data:
Session #1:
Lower body strength:                          8 chair stands in 30s (used hands to get up)
Lower body flexibility:                       3.5" inches from toes
Dynamic Balance and Agility:            8.6 seconds to walk 8'

Session #8:                                                                                                 IMPROVEMENT
Lower body strength:                          9 chair stands in 30s        NO HANDS +1 chair stand
Lower body flexibility:                       2.1" inches from toes                   +1.9  inches
Dynamic Balance and Agility:            6.7 seconds to walk 8'                 +1.9 seconds faster

Super big congratulations to everyone who participated in this four-week training program.  Your hard work and effort truly paid off.  I am so proud of each and every person for sticking with it and having the mindset that they CAN DO THIS.

It's never too late to improve flexibility, increase strength and improve MOVING balance and agility; three very important risk factors related to falls.   Numbers don't lie and the improvements are evident to friends, family and especially your MOVEMENT RE-EDUCATOR and BALANCE AND MOBILITY SPECIALIST!

XO
The FPL

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