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May 2024 Newsletter

Check out our May 2024 Newsletter, highlighting punching out Parkinson's with therapeutic boxing, completing the stress cycle with exercise, 3 exercises to alleviate piriformis syndrome, and spring donation drive thank you.

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Benefits of Therapeutic Boxing for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a multifaceted neurodegenerative disease that impairs movement, coordination, and cognitive function over time. Physical therapy-led exercise is a critical component of managing Parkinson’s disease, helping to manage symptoms, and even slowing progression of the disease. Therapeutic boxing is a unique targeted exercise therapy, requiring full-body movement, combining upper-body punching sequences with lower-body footwork to build strength, counter rigidity, and improve hand-eye coordination, balance, posture, and agility. Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist Bobby demonstrates therapeutic boxing with a Parkinson’s patient on the blog!

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Physical Therapy for Foot Drop

Foot drop is a symptom of an underlying neurological, muscular, or anatomical problem involving an inability to lift the front of your foot due to an impairment in the muscle in the front of your shin, the anterior tibialis. Foot drop presents as an individual dragging the foot and toes on the ground when walking or bending the knees to lift the foot higher above ground to avoid dragging. Physical therapy can help address foot drop and improve functional mobility and gait pattern through a targeted therapeutic and strengthening exercise program.

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June 2023 Newsletter

Check out our June 2023 Newsletter, highlighting punching out Parkinson's WFMJ local news feature, physical therapy for postpartum urinary stress incontinence, walking after a total hip replacement & femoral nerve palsy, and three exercises to address shin splints.

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May 2023 Newsletter

Check out our May 2023 Newsletter, highlighting punching out Parkinson's with therapeutic boxing, spring donation drive thank you, physical therapy for sciatica, and three exercises for plantar fasciitis.

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Punching out Parkinson’s Disease with Therapeutic Boxing Physical Therapy

Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist Bobby demonstrates therapeutic boxing with a Parkinson’s patient on our blog. Parkinson’s disease is a multifaceted neurological disorder that impairs movement, coordination, and cognitive function over time. Therapeutic boxing with a physical therapist offers an innovative and effective exercise intervention to enhance a Parkinson’s disease patient’s stride length, gait, strength, coordination, and balance. Therapeutic boxing requires full-body movement, combining upper-body punching sequences with lower-body footwork.

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Using the Rebounder in Physical Therapy Treatment

A rebounder is a mini trampoline that uses bounce and movement to improve balance, posture, core strength, and endurance. Rebounder therapy involves exercises performed on the trampoline and can be used to treat sports injuries, shoulder and ankle injuries, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease. In the video below, Mangiarelli Rehabilitation physical therapist Bobby explains how the rebounder is used at our clinic and demonstrates several exercises you can perform with the rebounder during physical therapy.

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May 2022 Newsletter

Check out our May 2022 newsletter celebrating women’s health month with an article on strengthening the core after a c-section. The newsletter also covers treating pitcher’s elbow with physical therapy, therapeutic boxing for Parkinson’s disease, and managing diabetes with exercise.

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Therapeutic Boxing Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that impairs movement, coordination, and cognitive function over time. Physical therapy can help a patient with Parkinson’s disease combat movement dysfunction and impaired balance and coordination in a fun and effective way using therapeutic boxing within a comprehensive treatment program. Therapeutic boxing requires full-body movement, combining upper-body punching sequences with lower-body footwork to build strength, counter muscle rigidity, and improve hand-eye coordination, balance, posture, and agility.

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April 2022 Newsletter

Check out our April Newsletter which highlights our spring gardening infographic, core strengthening during pregnancy, ACL rehabilitation after surgery, and celebrating Parkinson’s Awareness Month.

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Aquatic Therapy at Mangiarelli Rehabilitation

At Mangiarelli Rehabilitation, aquatic therapy takes place in our warm water therapeutic pool with our aquatic therapy specialist, Sue. Aquatic therapy provides a safe and effective environment to build strength, improve mobility and balance, and enhance function with minimal stress on your joints. On the blog, our aquatic therapist, Sue, explains what aquatic therapy involves, ways it can benefit you as a patient, and how it can improve your strength and reduce pain.

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#ParkinsonsDiseaseAwarenessMonth: Physical Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

April is #ParkinsonsDiseaseAwarenessMonth. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition that can negatively impact an individual’s physical and cognitive abilities, including mobility limitations, balance issues, and gait problems. Physical therapy helps Parkinson’s disease patients manage the disease and delay progression of symptoms using a customized exercise program, including the innovative treatment of therapeutic boxing. Physical therapy helps Parkinson’s disease patients enhance mobility, balance, and coordination and improve quality of life and functional independence.

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April 2021 Newsletter

Check out our April Newsletter that highlights a video of physical therapy exercises for postpartum diastasis recti with our therapists Jen & Patti; celebrating #ParkinsonsDiseaseAwarenessMonth and how physical therapy can support Parkinson's disease patients; physical therapy's role in multiple sclerosis treatment; and the Mangiarelli Rehabilitation's Spring Donation Drive.

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May 2020 Newsletter

Check out our May 2020 Newsletter with features on Telehealth Services Offered at Mangiarelli Rehab, A Spotlight on Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month, Dry Needling as a Physical Therapy Treatment, and Mangiarelli Rehabilitation's New Website.

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Parkinson’s Disease Infographic

Parkinson’s disease is a lifelong condition from the onset of the disease, often around age 60. A customized physical therapy treatment plan can help manage the condition and maintain physical and cognitive function that can be affected by the disease. Physical therapy helps combat movement issues, difficulty walking, and impaired balance and coordination. Physical therapy can also improve posture, strength, and flexibility and decrease pain and stiffness.

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Staff Spotlight: Bobby Mangiarelli

Bobby Mangiarelli is a physical therapist at Mangiarelli Rehabilitation, specializing in sports injury rehabilitation and neurological rehabilitation. His favorite part of his job is building a relationship with the patient and seeing them achieve their goals, whether that’s being able to play with their grandkids or get back on the competitive sports field.

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Parkinson’s Disease:Boxing Exercise as a Physical Therapy Treatment

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that can impair movement, balance, and coordination. At Mangiarelli Rehabilitation, we offer boxing exercise as a physical therapy treatment for Parkinson’s disease, which improves coordination, agility, and hand-eye coordination. Boxing treatment addresses the symptoms of tremors, balance issues, gait mobility, and postural rigidity and instability by encouraging agility of movement in multiple directions, flexibility of the spine, and coordination of movement at faster speeds.

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