If you or someone you care about has Parkinson's, you have come to the right place. Our goal is to help those with Parkinson's live better lives through exercise until the cure is found! Shake It Off, Inc, has devoted its energy to funding research in the science of exercise and passionately advocating exercise for those with Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease isn't going to cure its self, which is why we need your help.

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Shake It Off, Inc., aims to be a vocal advocate for the need to exercise for those with Parkinson's disease while funding research.

We host mostly fitness-related activities to raise awareness and most importantly, funds. In the past we have hosted comedy night, Zumbathon, bike rides and our signature event is the Philly Rabbit Run 5k at the Philadelphia Zoo.  Coming up  in 2022 is our Putting for PARkinson's golf outing.  Net proceeds go toward research for Parkinson's disease and exercise.

Over one million Americans live with Parkinson's disease and that number is expected to double in the next 20 years. It is a chronic, degenerative, neurological disorder whose symptoms can progress from mild shaking to complete physical incapacitation.

In the United States 60,000 new cases of PD will be diagnosed this year alone. Parkinson can strike at any age. One of the youngest diagnosed was only 15 years old (Juvenile Parkinsonism).

There is no cure for this neurological disease, but with breakthroughs in research we may be getting closer than ever to slowing the progression. And it may be as simple as riding a bike.

According to Jane E. Brody for The New York Times on January 26, 2015, researchers are discovering that exercise can be medicine for those with PD.

“Polish researchers demonstrated that HIIT (High Intensity Training) could alleviate the rigidity and excessive muscle tone that makes it difficult for Parkinson’s disease patients to move their arms and legs. The researchers, from the University School of Physical Education in Krakow, Poland, showed in 11 patients with mild to moderate Parkinson’s symptoms that eight weeks of HIIT, three times a week, on a stationary bike had a global benefit, improving both lower and upper body function.

Reductions in rigidity and stiffness correlated with an increase in a substance called brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which the researchers suggested could have stimulated the growth and function of nerves normally influenced by dopamine, the neurotransmitter that declines in Parkinson’s*."

However, more funding is needed for research in this area. That's where Shake It Off steps in. Please consider making a donation today.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/01/26/sweaty-answer-to-chronic-illness/

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