NEUROFIT NETWORKS INC DBA PARKINSON WELLNESS RECOVERY PWR

PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - THE PWR!GYM IS A MODEL COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, WHERE PARKINSON-SPECIALIZED PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS PROVIDE RESEARCH-BASED THERAPY TO THOSE LIVING WITH PARKINSON DISEASE. THE FUNCTIONAL THERAPEUTIC APPROACH, PWR!MOVES, WAS CREATED BY PWR! FOUNDER AND CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, DR. BECKY FARLEY, PHD, MS, PT. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF CLIENTS ARE LOCAL TO THE TUCSON AREA, DOZENS COME TO THE PWR!GYM EACH YEAR FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND ELSEWHERE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CUTTING-EDGE THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS PROVIDED. THROUGH REGULAR INDIVIDUAL THERAPY AND UNIQUE "INTENSIVE" PROGRAMS, PWR! PROVIDED NEARLY 4,000 HOURS OF THERAPY TO INSURANCE AND SELF-PAY CLIENTS DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR.

EXERCISE AND WELLNESS SERVICES - A GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT EXERCISE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON DISEASE (PD), AND PWR! WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS OF ITS KIND TO OFFER PD-SPECIFIC EXERCISE PROGRAMMING IN THE US. THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, PWR! OFFERED ABOUT FORTY (40) IN-PERSON, MULTI-LEVEL PD-SPECIFIC GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES WEEKLY. PARTICIPANTS WERE CHALLENGED BY ACTIVITIES COMBINING AEROBIC, BALANCE, AGILITY, STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY, AND COGNITIVE TRAINING, WHICH ALIGN WITH THE NEWLY-ADOPTED EXERCISE GUIDELINES FOR PEOPLE WITH PD. ADDITIONALLY, PWR! CONTINUED TO GROW ITS VIRTUAL GYM PROGRAM (PWR! VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE), WHICH FEATURES LIVESTREAMED VIRTUAL EXERCISE CLASSES, A LIBRARY OF OVER 500 PRERECORDED PD-SPECIFIC EXERCISE VIDEOS, AND VIRTUAL ONE-ON-ONE WELLNESS CONSULTATIONS. THE PWR! VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE - AT WWW.EXERCISEFORBRAINCHANGE.ORG - IS ACCESSIBLE BY ANYONE WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND A DEVICE, INCREASING THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES OR IN AREAS THAT LACK SPECIALIZED HEALTHCARE RESOURCES TO OBTAIN THE VITAL SERVICES THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE.