Rock Steady Boxing is a fitness program designed for people with Parkinson’s Disease, a neurological condition. This is a medically based program that addresses commonly experienced problems with posture, strength, balance, walking, and cognition. The instructors are certified to adapt boxing to help a person with Parkinson’s improve their physical abilities and self-confidence. Rock Steady Boxing training does not permit boxer to boxer contact.
This program is now offered at the Paul H. Broyhill Wellness Center. If you are interested in Rock Steady Boxing, contact us at (828) 266-1060 or (828) 268-9043 or email physicaltherapy@apprhs.org. Participants must schedule an in-person assessment before they are accepted into the program.
Rock Steady Boxing is an effective training method that’s hugely beneficial for people in all stages of Parkinson’s Disease, including those who have just been diagnosed and those who have lived with Parkinson’s Disease debilitation for decades. Rock Steady Boxing helps Parkinson’s patients to move easier and safely while improving their 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.
Rock Stead Boxing helps participants to:
• Improve their confidence
• Decrease the severity of PD symptoms
• Experience reduced fear of falling down
• Perform daily activities more efficiently with higher quality
• Understand their physicality better and improve self-management
• They will be able to perform activities that many of us take for granted, like climbing stairs, entering a vehicle, and simply standing up and walking across the room. Regular training sessions will improve every area of their lives.
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