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Podcast: Clients with Parkinson’s
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Podcast: Clients with Parkinson’s

By July 27, 2018December 19th, 2023No Comments

In this week’s podcast, FitPro’s Education Manager, Denise Allsopp talks to Tim Webster from Neurogym about the health condition, parkinsons and details the new education opportunities available for fitness professionals.

Stay tuned for CIMSPA  endorsed course, which will available on the FitPro education platform in August… Click HERE to listen to the latest podcast.

 

 

 

Where next?  Are you looking at trying your first open water swim?  Read FitPro member, Steve Barrett’s experience of the Dart 10K HERE

 

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Tim Webster

Tim Webster’s community work includes mentoring the homeless in London with the Big Issue, chairing Big Brothers Big Sisters of Christchurch, helping small roadside businesses in Uganda with his microfinance company Capital for Life, and most recently founding a charitable trust in New Zealand called Exercise as Medicine NZ, which launched in 2018. Through this organisation, Tim and his wife Kris Tynan deliver targeted exercise and rehabilitation programmes to people with long-term health conditions like Parkinson’s, MS, stroke, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, fibromyalgia, and arthritis. With over 40 years’ experience in health and fitness, Tim is also a Justice of the Peace in New Zealand and even holds a UK private pilot’s licence.

 Key expertise:

  • Author of training courses for exercise professionals covering Parkinson’s, MS, stroke, respiratory conditions, prostate cancer, kidney disease and cognitive skills.
  • Presenter at fitness events around the world, including IHRSA and Club Industry in the US, Filex in Australia, The All Russian Congress on Physical Activity in Moscow and other European events.
  • Founder of Bodylife UK in 1994, which became one of the UK fitness industry’s leading publishing, training and conferencing organisations.
  • Facilitator of the European Club Leaders Congress.
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