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Introducing Rock Steady Boxing
Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) is a health and wellness program designed for people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a neurological condition that affects balance, strength, walking, and especially confidence. It’s based on a foundation of non-contact boxing and is very effective at improving all of the symptoms that people with PD typically experience.
Now offering Rock Steady Boxing at two locations!
Physical Benefits
Many benefits are linked to the Rock Steady Boxing training methods. There’s a plethora of scientific research that supports routine exercise for people who live with Parkinson’s Disease. Regular RSB training sessions help people with Parkinson’s to experience less muscle stiffness and pain while generally improving their balance and capacity for motion.
RSB training is an effective training method that’s hugely beneficial for people in all stages of PD, including those who have just been diagnosed and those who have lived with PD debilitation for decades. Rock Steady Boxing helps Parkinson’s patients move more easily and safely while improving posture, gait, flexibility, and resistance to injury. It opens the window to healing and happiness.
For the majority of Parkinson’s patients, increasing physical activity levels to a minimum of 2 1/2 hours weekly significantly slows down the decline in quality of life. Regular training sessions will improve every area of their lives. Other benefits include:
- Improved confidence
- Decrease in severity of PD symptoms
- Reduced fear of falling
- Able to perform daily activities more efficiently and with higher quality
- Better understanding of physicality
- Improved self-management
Why Boxing?
RSB was founded as a labor of love to truly help people. Founder Scott C. Newman worked with former Golden Gloves boxer, Vince Perez, to develop a training system that would help those with PD live more independently with greater strength, balance, and confidence. Scott was diagnosed with PD at age 40, and he was not going to just sit by idly while his life and physicality were devastated. So Scott chose to fight back!
Commitment to Improvement
The team at Rock Steady Boxing is committed to helping those with PD live better lives. That’s the main goal. We enjoy lifting people up and watching them remember how it feels to be capable and confident. For some, it has been a very long time since they were able to perform mundane tasks that many of us take for granted. It’s wonderful to watch them consistently improve.
For more information, or to register, please contact [email protected] or 419-332-9622.
Rock Steady Boxing at Otterbein Marblehead is proudly supported by:
