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By CCTV correspondent Nitza Soledad Perez
BEIJING Air Jordan Retro For Sale Free Shipping , July 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Parkinson’s is a brain disease typically associated with tremors, rigidity and loss of movement, but some people in the US have decided to fight it-literally.
Lisa McFarland, a Parkinson’s patient, isn’t fighting for a boxing championship, but is fighting for her life.
She - like 1.5 million other people in the United States - is struggling with a neurological disorder known as Parkinson’s. The disease Air Jordan Shoes For Sale Free Shipping , which is characterized by slowness of movement and tremors and that can leave you paralyzed, is considered incurable. Existing drugs treat the symptoms only.
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McFarland said, "you have to think of ’OK, keep this hand up, do something with his hand, move your body....’ There’s so much thought that go to that and between the movement and the thought Air Jordan For Sale Free Shipping , it’s a good thing for a Parkinson’s patient.... I always feel revived. I feel better after I leave here."
Craig Marks, a physical therapist by training, decided to treat Parkinson’s patients using boxing techniques without anyone getting hit on the head.
Marks said, "these rules and regulations are really outdated. What was going on with him was more of a maintenance kind of therapy, and not progressing. So my goal was to introduce something to him, where he was going to progress Jordan Retro For Sale Free Shipping , instead of seating on a chair, stacking cones, when that wasn’t his issue. His issue was strengthening his legs, his balance."
Marks’ patients warm up by running up and down stairs. They concentrate on training their core and abdominal muscles. These muscles are to stabilize the human body. William De Freitas - diagnosed at the age of 42 - is boxing and doing martial arts training for the first time in his life.
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William De Freitas, another Parkinson’s patient, said Jordan Shoes For Sale Free Shipping , "I have more energy... balance and... stability."
Neurologists around the nation are not ready to prescribe boxing techniques for Parkinson’s patients but they aren’t against it either.
Carlos Singer, professor of neurology from University of Miami, said, "I don’t endorse any specific exercise type. I endorse exercise on a regular basis, the one that a patient finds most appealing and what I believe best works for that, regardless of the person exercise is to do it systematically and with an aim for fitness."
Nitza Soledad Perez said Authentic Air Jordan Retro For Sale , "besides helping with flexibility and balance, patients report that boxing (punch bag) helps to release the frustration and anger associated with their condition and with the stress of daily life. "
(Source: CNTV)
CHENGDU, China, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations WorldTourism Organization (UNWTO) is likely to play a larger role in thefuture as tourism has become the world's biggest industry with anestimated 10 percent contribution to the global gross domesticproduct last year.
The latest UNWTO data show a continued growth in global tourism.In January-June, international tourists increased to 598 million,making it the strongest half-year rise since 2010.
A sustainable tourism for development and growth is expected ofthe sector amid global economic sluggishness. Its role in promotingunderstanding between countries as well as people-to-people andcultural exchanges is meanwhile highlighted especially in the faceof terrorist threats in many parts of the world.
As the 22nd session of the UNWTO General Assembly held on Sept.13-16 in Chengdu Authentic Air Jordan Shoes For Sale , China came under the framework of theInternational Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, UNWTOSecretary General Taleb Rifai said he is very proud of therelevance.
"I feel very proud to have contributed to expanding the capacityof travel and tourism to the progress of the SDGs (UN 2030Sustainable Development Goals) that guide our common action to2030. This General Assembly is a unique opportunity to continueadvancing together," he said.
With a focus on sustainable development and tourism, thebiennial UNWTO gathering this year has highlighted the importanceof building partnerships for development, taking tourismcooperation concerning the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiativeas an example.
Discussions related to the China-proposed initiative during ahigh-level session following the opening ceremony on Wednesdaycovered such travel facilitation details as visa policy andinsurance in future cooperation.
Li Jinzao, head of the China National Tourism Administration(CNTA) Authentic Air Jordan For Sale , told reporters the discussions were fruitful andsuccessful, while Rifai described them as "conducive."
"China is an inspiration to others in terms of its supportivetourism policies and in placing tourism at the center of itspoverty alleviation and national development strategies," Rifaisaid.
More than 1,300 delegates including tourism ministers from over130 countries attended the UNWTO meeting in Chengdu, capital ofSichuan province and an economic center in western China.
Zurab Pololikashvili said that compared to the last meeting, thenumber of delegates had doubled this time Authentic Jordan Retro For Sale , adding that he is veryimpressed with Chengdu's performance in hosting the UNWTOgathering. The 40-year-old Georgian ambassador to Spain was electedto be the new UNWTO chief for 2018-2021 during Thursday'ssession.
Pololikashvili, during a brief meeting Friday with Li, the CNTAchief, pledged continued UNWTO cooperation with China, which hesaid is a "main partner" of the Madrid-based 156-member tourismorganization.
The UNWTO will "continue cooperation with China in a productiveway," he said Authentic Jordan Shoes For Sale , while expressing the hope for further cooperationwith Chengdu on projects concerning the Belt and Road Initiativethat aims to build trade and infrastructure networks along ancienttrade routes to seek common prosperity.
On the newly-launched World Tourism Alliance (WTA),Pololikashvili said UNW.
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