RISE - Parkinson's Exercise and Wellness Retreat

29/01/2020

NeuroFit BC is a Parkinson's specific physiotherapy company led by Naomi Casiro. We are committed to improving the lives of those living with PD through targeted physiotherapist-led exercise and education. When it comes to Parkinson's Exercise is medicine

24/06/2019

And that is a WRAP for RISE 2019! We can’t thank everyone enough for another amazing year😊

Participants ~ you gave it your all! Thank you for trusting us and being open to the social, educational and exercise programs of the retreat! You all amaze us!

Volunteers ~ we could not make this retreat happen without you! Thank you for taking time away from your own lives and dedicating 4 full days to our Participants and RISE! We had such a fabulous group of health professionals from the Lower Mainland, Interior BC, Vancouver Island, and Vancouver Washington

Speakers and Guests ~ you are such a HUGE part of this event and we are so thankful for your time and passion in what you do.
Thank you to Dr.Squires from the UBC Movement Disorders Clinic, Liz Dorian from Wellness Garage, Nelia for leading POUND, Dan for Improv, and Lynn for Restorative Yoga.

TWU ~ thank you for accommodating our group and making our stay on your beautiful campus so great

Everyone left with smiles on their faces, a pep in their step and a plan to stay active moving forward!

Stay tuned for RISE 2020 dates!

24/06/2019

We wrapped up our evening program for RISE with a wonderful restorative yoga class led by Lynn. Our participants have been challenging themselves and giving it their all this weekend ~ ending the evening program with Lynn’s class was the perfect calming activity.

One more half day tomorrow ~

23/06/2019

Another phenomenal day at RISE today ~ we were honoured to have guest speaker Dr.Squires from the Movement Disorders Clinic at UBC to speak about the art of medication management and new things coming in Parkinsons Treatment.

Our evening program welcomed Dan Dumsha, improv instructor from Vancouver TheatreSports whom introduced our participants to the joy of Improv and it’s practicality to real life!!!

thank you so much to you both!!!!

22/06/2019

Nelia kicked off our evening program at RISE tonight with an AMAZING class of POUND!!!

THANK YOU NELIA!!

21/06/2019

We are ready ~ Our Volunteers will be arriving shortly and then our wonderful participants!

The sun is shining - energy is high - it’s going to be a glorious day

19/06/2019

We are just a few days away from our second ever RISE RETREAT!

We are so thrilled to meet this years participants from Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, Saskatchewan, Interior BC and Ohio!!

Our participants will get to work with a fabulous group of health professionals whom have all taken time away from their lives to VOLUNTEER with us! We have volunteers from the lower mainland, Vancouver Island, Washington and interior BC! The retreat could not happen without them and we are beyond grateful!

Stay tuned as throughout the retreat we will share more about each of our wonderful volunteers and event supporters!!

Now to make sure everything is perfect for REGISTRATION and welcoming our participants and volunteers on Friday!!

23/05/2019

Check out Larry from When Life Gives You Parkinson's showing off dual task training with our Blaze pods! RISE 2019 participants you will get the chance to train with these Pods at the retreat in just a few weeks!!

12/04/2019

Happy world Parkinsons Day everyone! If you haven’t heard this podcast by listen to it now! Season 1 is fantastic and it sounds like season two will not disappoint! Note how often you hear the word “exercise” from both the health professionals and those with PD!

Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of When Life Gives You Parkinson's by Curiouscast for free.

06/03/2019

RISE REGISTRATION OPENS THIS MONTH!!!

Who else is excited?