Jesse Pineiro needed to take a breath between exercises.

The Nelson Boxing Club coach gestured to his student, a 79-year-old man who had gingerly taken a seat nearby, and said, 91裸聊视频淵ou91裸聊视频檙e getting fitter, I91裸聊视频檓 getting worse.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檒l give you some of my pills,91裸聊视频� quipped Bob Browning.

Browning has been training at the gym, twice a week for about three months. Five years ago soreness in his arm led to Parkinson91裸聊视频檚, which is a neurodegenerative disease that affects movement. What that91裸聊视频檚 meant for Browning is stiff muscles, poor balance and a hoarse voice.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a sneaky disease,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淵ou can have it for 10 years and not know it. It kind of sneaks up on you real slow.91裸聊视频�

He91裸聊视频檚 not a boxing fan 91裸聊视频� his interest began and ended with Muhammad Ali, who also suffered from Parkinson91裸聊视频檚. But, after reading online that the sport could help restore movement in people with Parkinson91裸聊视频檚, Browning showed up on Pineiro91裸聊视频檚 doorstep.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not so much into the boxing. It91裸聊视频檚 the exercises that I91裸聊视频檓 after,91裸聊视频� said Browning.

A 2011 published in Physical Therapy showed boxing training can benefit people living with Parkinson91裸聊视频檚, but Pineiro hadn91裸聊视频檛 previously had experience working with the disease. While with Team B.C. in Salmon Arm, Pineiro consulted with coach Peggy Maerz, who trains groups of people suffering from Parkinson91裸聊视频檚.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e not really training boxing, we91裸聊视频檙e training Parkinson91裸聊视频檚,91裸聊视频� said Pineiro, who said the disease is forcing Browning91裸聊视频檚 movements and balance to fold in. The exercises, therefore, are focused on getting Browning to open up with exaggerated motions in his hands and feet while standing tall.

91裸聊视频淚f we repeat it over and over and over again, the big motions that (Browning) doesn91裸聊视频檛 do in his everyday life or he does less and less, we91裸聊视频檙e hoping to turn back the clock a little on Parkinson91裸聊视频檚.91裸聊视频�

On this day, Pineiro and Browning began their hour-long workout by passing a soccer ball to get Browning moving his legs. Pineiro also had Browning move clockwise around a square while throwing punches, and used traditional boxing equipment like a speed bag to stimulate Browning91裸聊视频檚 reaction time.

Browning hopes all this work pays off in little improvements to his daily life with the disease.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 something you can live with and you can last a long time,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淢ichael J. Fox has lasted a long time. He got it when he was 29. 91裸聊视频� It91裸聊视频檚 something you can tolerate but it91裸聊视频檚 a pain in the neck.91裸聊视频�

At one point, Pineiro pulls out a mat and asks Browning to try five pushups.

91裸聊视频淭wenty years ago I could have done it,91裸聊视频� says Browning, to which Pineiro replies, 91裸聊视频淭his thing91裸聊视频檚 a time machine.91裸聊视频�

Browning completes two pushups. The next time he visits, the pair agree, he91裸聊视频檒l do three.

tyler.harper@nelsonstar.com
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