Ping pong has been a popular activity for generations with tables often found in family basements, dormitories and recreation halls. Now some Parkinson’s disease patients are using the sport to gain ...
SAN DIEGO — According to the Parkinson's Foundation, nearly 90,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease every year. In this Zevely Zone, I learned how patients are hoping ping pong can slow the ...
Mike Guthrie lost his sense of purpose to Parkinson’s Disease but regained it with a ping pong paddle. “When you don’t have much dopamine, you don’t have any motivation, and you just don’t care,” ...
Twice a week in Lake Forest, more than a dozen people gather to play ping pong. What’s special about this group is that each of the players is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. They play to try to ...