Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA in Ocean Springs offering educational classes on Parkinson's Disease

Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA in Ocean Springs offering educational classes on Parkinson's Disease

Karin caifa- - there's a new class being - offered at the y-m-c-a and it's- free to everyone--membe rs and- non-members.- the class is providng community- and specialized - activity for individuals with - parkinsons.

- news 25's lorraine weiskopf is- live now with more- details.- along the way and things will find these posters for the parkinson's is and this is provided by a grant from the parkinson's foundation.

These are free classes offered the members and nonmembers of the ym ea offices after the head of the program integrate him into a little bit about this so like you said it is free for members and nonmembers.

It is tuesday and thursday.

We have two locations.

We have a goal or location and an ocean springs location on it for people with parkinson's as well as mobility issues.

We do a variety of movements in the class.

We focu on big and loud movement.

We focus on yoga, tai chi, strengt training, so really it encompasses so much on with thi class.

The great fitness class and agrees that big allotment biscuits that would mean the lower movement we can do the seated or standing.

So there's always options for people so what we did was will come to ou chair.

You want to nice and tall.

We really want to focus o posture with parking is as they progress they can slowly start islam.

Satan rolled his shoulders accident nice and tal, nice wide stance defeat a place your palms on your eyes and wha we do is we use our voice with her and in style.

I often encourage them to say things with me that we do power of movements that this is down and the will go open the chest leads her shoulder blades and will go down power open squeeze the shoulder blades and then will go down.

So let's come to seated ... wxxv so will do a power class so you open palms open arms still set up nice and tall figure open and i may come underneath the clothes.

Okay, so open and close.

That clapped their hands nice big and loud something like this can help yo home rolling in and out of the bed on getting out of the bed can really help strengthen the core and just improve your quality of life thinking and then you can learn more about these big and loud movements with the ymca's free parkinson' in his