Red Deer gym sparring with Parkinson’s disease
A boxing program in Red Deer is giving people with Parkinson’s a new lease on life.
Dopamain Gym, which is run by Doug Rowe, began in March 2016 with one client, but has since grown to around 25.
This Tuesday, for the second year in a row, the gym will join with students from Red Deer College’s Adaptive Physical Education class to showcase what they’re doing. The class is part of the college’s Kinesiology program.
“What we do is a perfect example of adapting a sport and applying it to a totally different clientele with great success,” Rowe says.