战胜帕金森症

爱达荷州WWAMI 学生 Volunteer Ringside with Parkinson’s Patients

Boxers train for speed, strength and endurance to defeat their opponents. At 摇滚稳定拳击 (RSB)在莫斯科 格里特曼医疗中心他的对手是帕金森病. 

学生们 WWAMI医学教育计划 at the 365滚球官网 began volunteering with RSB in 2019 to become more involved in the community and enhance their medical education. WWAMI is the University of Washington School of Medicine’s (UWSOM) multi-state medical education program. 首字母缩写, WWAMI, stands for the states that partner with UWSOM to help educate physicians across the region: Washington, 怀俄明, 阿拉斯加, 蒙大拿和爱达荷.

Demsie巴特勒, a second-year 爱达荷州WWAMI student from Bliss, helped forge the partnership between WWAMI and RSB; she recognized that RSB offered classmates a fresh twist on clinical service learning in Moscow.

“Many 爱达荷州WWAMI clinical volunteer opportunities are oriented toward family medicine or pediatrics,”她说。. “But 摇滚稳定拳击 is a good fit for medical students who are interested in sports medicine or physical therapy.”

贝利维尔, a first-year 爱达荷州WWAMI student from Nampa, is the RSB volunteer coordinator and seconds Butler’s vision.

“It’s not a traditional clinical volunteer experience, but you are working with patients who have a medical diagnosis,”她说。. “We get to work with patients in a different kind of setting – a gym – and help improve quality of life in a non-traditional way.

摇滚稳定拳击反击

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative brain disorder that affects movement and 平衡 in people typically 50 years and older. There is no cure, but research shows that exercise can slow disease progression. RSB – founded in 2006 in Indiana and now a nationally-replicated program – adapts boxing drills to sharpen gross motor movement, 核心力量和节奏.

We get to work with patients in a different kind of setting – a gym – and help improve quality of life in a non-traditional way.
贝利维尔

Mary Jo Penberthy is the clinical coordinator at 格里特曼医疗中心’s 马丁健康中心 以及一名合格的RSB教练.

“所有的事情都是拳击手努力的——敏捷, 手眼协调能力, 平衡, muscular endurance – are things that people with Parkinson’s struggle with,”她说。. “It’s an extremely inspiring program; to watch these individuals literally fight back against Parkinson’s.”

Participants are organized by severity of symptoms. First- and second-year 爱达荷州WWAMI students help support individuals at 平衡 stations, work alongside them on exercise equipment and participate in the drills themselves.

双方都受益

Katherin教皇, a second-year 爱达荷州WWAMI student from Post Falls, found volunteering with RSB not only enriched her education, 但是很鼓舞人心, 也.

“Volunteering at RSB offers us a chance to correlate bookwork to real life,”她说。. “More than anything, though, RSB humanizes the disease. Being around older individuals who are refusing to surrender to a diagnosis really put into perspective my own challenges and what I’m capable of.”

马修Burgstahler, a first-year 爱达荷州WWAMI student who grew up in Sandpoint, volunteered weekly with RSB until COVID-19 paused the operation in January. He looks forward to getting back to the gym with the close-knit group when the threat of coronavirus passes.

“The people at RSB really mean a lot to me. I don’t think of it as a service position because I’m getting so much out of it,” he said. “I’m 30 or 40 years younger than most of the boxers and although we’re in different phases of our lives – they’re talking about grandkids and I don’t even have kids of my own – we have this physical practice that brings us together every week.”

Penberthy has heard from both WWAMI students and Parkinson’s patients how important RSB is from a mental health perspective.

“Since COVID-19, I’ve learned how significant the social aspect of the class is. The boxers are all eager to come back,”她说。.

Article by Lindsay Lodis, WWAMI医学教育计划 at the 365滚球官网

2020年7月发布