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At only 22 years old, Mariah Rodriguezās lifelong battle with her weight had come to this: She struggled to walk from her car up to her attic bedroom, she was uncomfortable going out with friends, and she was on the verge of developing diabetes. Having had no success losing weight with diet and exercise, the ...
That optimism came from a 24-year-old woman who just the year previously had her life turned upside down by a stroke. Now, more than two years later, Alex’s positivity has only grown as she continues to make remarkable progress in her recovery. In December 2012, Alex was just getting ready to go on winter break ...
Old Bridge residents Betty and Bob Peterson, both 53, had spent their 35-year marriage doing virtually everything together. For many years, that included eating poorly, becoming obese, and developing significant health problems that often accompany excessive weight, including Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. āAfter years of putting our health on the back burner, we ...
Catherine Zalewski knew right away that she was having a stroke. She just wasnāt able to tell anyone around her. Catherine, who was Miss New Jersey in 2011, was working at her gym as a personal trainer on the morning of July 30 when she suddenly began feeling āvery strange,ā she recalls. She lost coordination ...
Lydia Arana, 79, is a soft-spoken woman, living with Parkinsonās disease but not willing to let it keep her down. The Matawan resident was diagnosed with the degenerative neurological disease in 2007 and has lived with fluctuating levels of intense tremors for years, but last year she started the LSVT BIG & LOUD Parkinsonās programs ...
For about a year, Sandy Gordon of Colts Neck had labored breathing when performing tasks such as climbing stairs, and just thought it was part of the aging process. When her breathing didnāt improve, she visitedĀ Kenneth D. Barofsky, MD, board-certified internal medicine physician and on staff at CentraStateĀ and did the breathing test, and he diagnosed ...
Rock Steady BoxingĀ can help patients improve balance, strength, and agility. Ken Springer goes to the gym twice every week to box his enemy. But heās not fighting against any ordinary opponentāthis one is a degenerative movement disorder that causes a deterioration of motor skills, balance, speech, and sensory function. It affects nearly one million people ...
Gina Barnett was living in extreme pain. Her pelvic area felt so heavy that she could barely walk, forcing the 52-year-old Freehold resident to give up exercise, singing, and just about every other activity she loved. āI was constantly uncomfortable,ā says Gina, describing unbearable pressure and pain that extended from her pelvis all the way ...
Life has been compared to a carouselāsometimes up, sometimes down, and sometimes round and round. No one understands that better than Mary Jean Sehnal, who suffered from vertigo (the sensation of spinning), weakness, and other problems that impaired her balance for the past 10 years. āI woke up dizzy every morning, like I was on ...
Before the program, Mark Herman was falling frequently. āHe was very unsteady,ā his wife, Barbara, recalls. āFrankly, it was very frightening.ā Mark, a Jackson resident, had been living withĀ Parkinsonās diseaseĀ for the past four years, and his now 72-year-old body was having difficulty performing everyday tasks. His recurrent falls were posing a serious concern for his ...
