“You are witnessing a spectrum of VO2peak in two days. Some extreme cases are tested here.” Dr. Griffith sensed my excitement and smiled at me. Today, we have a physical therapist fellowship session, testing the VO2 peak of two athlete…
“Walk fast like you are catching a bus,” Dr Griffith said to Daniel, a medical doctor diagnosed with Parkinson’s 2 years ago. Wearing a mouth breathing piece, walking on the treadmill at this steady pace, with an incline increase of…
Ride in the wind– Ride with the wind I walked out of the cafe and got on my bike. The next moment, the guy sitting on a bench by the street opened his mouth with shock. He just witnessed an…
Maitland-Pictou Distance: 111.7 km Elevation: 960 m “Laughter, joy, and fun are not normally associated with Parkinson’s. Community appears to make it so.” -Ed Johnson We started our trip in Nova Scotia on Aug 9 in a small village, Gabarus.…
Truro-MaitlandDistance: 68 kmElevation: 921 m We landed at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, after a 17-hour ferry from Argentia, Newfoundland, on August 9. Riding a big loop of over 700 km from Cape Breton Island to Halifax to tomorrow’s destination, our…
Halifax-Brooklyn, NS Distance: 111 km Lloyd hurt his ankle earlier this week. “I had to stop. My ankle is hurting too much. I’m trying to get Callum to get me, “a message popped up on my bike computer. Susan and…
Gover Town-Port Blanford-Chance Cove Distance: 67km, 98km The past few days on the road have been quite an adventure. The team had 19 falls on gravel roads, walked our bikes for over 8 km in the rain, faced endless rolling…
Catamaran Park-Bishop’s Falls Distance: 70km Riding time: 3h4min We met Willie and his sister Helen today. For our team, it’s hard to see that this disease has taken so much away from a man and his family, his speech, mobility,…
I looked up, the puffy snowy mountain top, the serious tall pines, the deep dark blue sky, the flowing clouds, the elegant sailboats, the cristal clear lake Dillon, and the gorgeous reflection of all these nature beauty, a wonderland. Sitting…
It is estimated that 60% of people with Parkinson’s disease in America are homebound True, we are a group of lonely people. Last Friday, I took a bus in the early morning at 5:30 for a research session at 6…
