Tom Mohler doing shadowboxing drills as volunteer Ryan Ross keeps a close watch to help him stay stable during the RockSteady Boxing for Parkinson’s class on Wednesday morning, April 25, at Access Fitness in Kalispell. In the background Norm Hagen and volunteer Loretta Merriman work on the same drills.
(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
April 29, 2018
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Boxing class targets Parkinson's symptoms
“Jab! Cross!” Lynnell Finley’s voice carries over the pump-up music at Access Fitness in Kalispell on Wednesday morning. “Hook! Hook!” A line of shadow boxers match each command with a punch to the air. They’re not professional boxers, but they’re dressed for a fight — some in athletic wear, some in sweatshirts emblazoned with boxing gloves and a mission statement: “fighting back.”