Introduction

My name is Eric Ayers and I train clients at PEX Medfield MA. I’ve been a Personal Trainer for 11 years and have been with PEX for 1 ½ years. PEX provides the best training facilities and opportunity to personal trainers to train a wide variety of clients from newcomers to working with individuals with Parkinson’s Disease or other neurological diagnosis. I became familiar with Parkinson’s Disease when I was young, and my father was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease. As the years went on, I began to observe the physical and mental challenges of Parkinson’s. After his passing at age 70 led me towards becoming an American Parkinson’s Disease Association Fitness & Wellness Professional and meeting individuals in the same situation. There are still a lot of unknown’s about Parkinson’s but what we do know is exercise is paramount to managing Parkinson’s disease and can help reduce its symptoms. Regular physical exercise can improve movement, balance, and coordination. The key is consistency when it comes to exercise and PD. “If you don’t move it, you’ll lose it” - Regular exercise can help to support muscle endurance, flexibility and strength which will make a considerable difference in your day-to-day life. Regular exercise is also known to improve mood and cognitive function. To see someone with PD improve physically and mentally is one of the best parts of my job. If you have any questions regarding the PEX Medfield Studio or Exercise with PD, please reach out. I hope to continue this blog and provide my insights to how I train my clients, to articles and other exercise related information and provide some stories from time to time. Thanks, and till next time.