Viral video: grandma practices boxing to “stop” Parkinson’s disease | the Chronicle

When there is will, there is no age to make dreams come true. So much so that to improve their quality of life, an old woman call, Nancy Van Der Stracten 75 years old, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, practices boxing to control the disease.

Six years ago and with some aftereffects on his body and he talks, This elderly person born in Belgium, but based in Turkey, became convinced that “Knock out” Parkinson’s disease and For this, he resorted to boxing seeking to improve his quality of life.

This is the case three times a week, Mrs Van Der Stracten puts on her slippers and puts on her gloves to practice a few strokes with your personal trainer, under the modality of contactless boxing. She is convinced that exercise is better than any medication she has taken for Parkinson’s disease.

“For six years I used a lot of drugs and found that it wasn’t enough, you have to move and boxing is about that, so we just keep going. I know boxing doesn’t stop it because Parkinson’s is a degenerative disease, it never stops, but you can stop it “the grandmother told Reuters news agency.

“Instead of being miserable all week, I wake up and say, ‘Oh, boxing today.’ Get up, get ready, go boxing and after two hours of training you really feel better. added the woman.