The Santa Cruz County Parkinson's Group presents

Beyond BIG: PWR! and other Exercise for PD by Jeanine Yip, DPT, NCS

When
Wed Jun 6, 2018
Where
Congregational Church of Soquel
Time
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Cost
Free
Tags
Lectures, Education, Health & Wellness

Description

Come learn about PWR! and other evidence-based exercises for persons with Parkinson’s Disease.
Jeanine Yip is a physical therapist at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services department. She received her DPT from USC in 1998 and has been board certified as a Neurologic Clinical Specialist since 2006.
Jeanine Yip has been BIG certified since 2008 and PWR! certified since 2016.

In 2004-2009 she worked directly with leading PD researchers as a research physical therapist at USC, studying the effect of exercise on persons with PD. Publications related to PD include “The Effect of Exercise Training in Improving Motor Performance and Corticomotor Excitability in People With Early Parkinson’s Disease” APMR 2008 and “Treadmill exercise elevates striatal dopamine D2 receptor binding potential in patients with early Parkinson’s disease” NeuroReport 2013. She has contributed to more than a dozen other articles in medical journals.

New meeting location: Congregational Church of Soquel. Parrish Hall entrance faces the large parking lot behind church. 4951 Soquel Drive, in Soquel Village. New time: 2:00 – 3:30. (Instead of 1:00 to 2:30)

More Info

Link
http://www.easepd.org
Call
831.708.2906
Email
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