Parkinson Wellness Recovery

07/29/2026

Festinating or freezing of gait with turns? Try this trick!

Kick a balance beam while turning to improve the amplitude of weight shifting and stepping. This client demonstrated excellent carryover and independently came up with the strategy of kicking her walker legs when turning to sit.

07/28/2026

Alert: The inaugural Advisory Council on Parkinson’s Research, Care, and Services (ACPRCS) met for the first time last month and will continue to meet regularly. Learn more, provide input on the National Plan to end PD, and sign up for advocacy updates from the American Parkinson Disease Association at www.apdaparkinson.org/article/progress-is-underway-recap-of-the-first-advisory-council-meeting.

07/26/2026

PTs/OTs: Want to better support your Parkinson's clients? Get certified in the PWR!Moves and use your expertise combined with our adaptable framework to meet people with PD where they are, no matter the level of disease severity. Learn more and register at www.pwr4life.org/therapist.

07/24/2026

Calling exercise and fitness professionals working with people with PD! Get certified today to integrate the PWR!Moves exercises into fitness classes or personal training activities in this Parkinson's Foundation accredited exercise program. Learn more and register at www.pwr4life.org/instructor.

07/23/2026

Professionals: Learn more about Augmented Feedback, which intersects movement sciences, rehab, and psychology, in speech and PT. Learn how the use of a calibrated feedback device can provide targeted training for vocal strengthening for patients with PD.

Only $99 for unlimited 12-month access: www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/enhancing-voice-and-movement-in-parkinsons-start-today

07/21/2026

Considering PWR!Moves Certification to work with those with PD? Get certified this summer and save $75 when using coupon code SUMMER75. Learn more at www.pwr4life.org/workshops.

07/18/2026

LAST CALL for our early East Coast start July 25-26 Therapist workshop! Are you a PT/OT looking to better support people with Parkinson's? Get PWR!Moves certified - hurry, registration closes July 22 and spots are limited. Register at www.pwr4life.org/therapist-workshop-in-july-b.

07/16/2026

Perfect for those who have taken our Freezing of Gait Therapist recertification, will be taking it soon, or anyone interested in FOG! Join PWR! founder Dr. Becky Farley for this International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society case presentation to learn how PTs can assess FOG phenomenology and other functional limitations to design effective rehab that reduces FOG. Learn more at https://education.movementdisorders.org/30873217-0977-4d55-809f-c4888377de6d.

07/14/2026

Curious about augmented feedback and speech therapy as it relates to PD? Learn more from Mary Spremulli, creator of our newest Professional Education Module: https://voiceaerobicsdvd.com/parkinsons-advocacy/when-speaking-gets-hard-what-exercise-really-means-in-speech-therapy-for-parkinsons-disease-what-people-with-parkinsons-and-the-professionals-who-work-with-them-need-to-know

Learn more and purchase the module, Enhancing Voice and Movement in PD Through Augmented Feedback, at www.exerciseforbrainchange.org/enhancing-voice-and-movement-in-parkinsons-start-today.

From time to time over my 35 years of working with people with Parkinson’s disease, a patient will say something that stops me in my tracks: “I hate to exercise.” Now, when someone is referred for Physical Therapy, they fully expect to be asked to exercise. But Speech Therapy? That’s a diffe...

07/13/2026

LAST CALL for our July 18 Therapist Freezing of Gait recertification workshop! If you were originally PWR!Moves certified in 2023, this is your year to recertify. Hurry, registration closes July 16 at midnight. Register at www.pwr4life.org/recertification-workshop-in-july-a.