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Jimmy Choi Continues to Inspire

We need to give our bodies a better chance of performing. It doesn’t matter what you’re faced with…if you make your body healthier, you are going to feel better.Jimmy Choi Three years ago, I was introduced to Jimmy Choi through a mutual Parkinson’s friend in Chicago. Several weeks later I received an email from Jimmy, of American Ninja Warrior fame, stating that he would be in LA the following…

I’m Not Done Yet

I may be a Parkie, but I don’t see the future darkly

Robert Nadel

For the last 2 months, I have been participating in a writing group run by StoPD. There are about 10 people with Parkinson’s in the group which is facilitated by a professor from NYU, along with the founder of StoPD.  The goal for the group is to eventually create a script for a play about living with PD.   Each week we had a…

How was your week?

The boxing program that I have been with for the past 5 years has been experimenting with other types of activities for People with Parkinson’s. (PwP’s)The latest has been a writing circle with a professor of writing from NYU. StoPD, which is based in New York, is the brainchild of Alex Montaldo, an actor/boxer and his wife Roberta Marongiu , who is a Parkinson’s researcher. They offer boxing…