Health & wellness
BY RYAN REYNOLDS
A Rock Steady boxer practices a punch.
Bailey Murphy, a physical therapist at Tomball Sports Medicine and a Rock Steady boxing coach, leads a punching drill Dec. 2.
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Parkinson’s patients ght back at Rock Steady Boxing
Rock Steady Boxing Coach Marilyn Renken leads instruction during a class on Dec. 2.
diagnosis, Renken helped establish a Rock Steady Boxing aliate locally. How it works Rock Steady Boxing was designed specically for people with Parkinson’s. The boxing classes aim to improve balance, coordination, strength and overall tness through stretching and various exercises adapted from boxing drills. In their own words Culpepper said the classes have allowed her to keep doing what she loves. “Exercise is a big part of keeping the symptoms at bay,” Culpepper said. “I do the things I want to do. I have not cut back.”
Janice Culpepper was heading toward retire- ment when she received a life-changing diagnosis. The school teacher was dealing with hip issues when she was told she had Parkinson’s disease. Looking to manage her symptoms, Culpepper joined Rock Steady Boxing’s North Houston chapter in 2017, a local program that helps people with Parkinson’s. “My journey has been not nearly, I don’t think, as dicult as it would have been had I not found this group,” Culpepper said. The backstory The camaraderie of Rock Steady Boxing drew Culpepper and over 100 others to Coach Marilyn Renken. Inspired by her ex-husband’s Parkinson’s
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