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GETTING ACTIVE
Jackie Russell and David Zid are the founders of the Delay the Disease program.
Exercise program strives to slow
effects of Parkinson’s disease
David Zid and Jackie Russell have a long
list of stories about the Parkinson’s disease
patients who, over the years, have tried the
program they founded, Delay the Disease,
and seen an improvement in their overall
fitness.
One of Zid’s favorites is about a man who
retired because of his symptoms, only to return
to work less than two years after starting
to train with the program.
“That’s a big deal,” said Zid, a certified fitness
trainer from Columbus, Ohio.
One of Russell’s favorites is the story of
what led her to collaborate with Zid in the
first place.
Fourteen years ago, however, Russell, a
longtime nurse, met with a former colleague
of hers who’d asked for her help with a project.
Dr. Thomas Mallory was a surgeon who
had retired two years earlier because of the
progression of Parkinson’s.
“His transformation was remarkable,” she
said. “His symptoms were nearly gone. I said,
‘What in the world have you been doing?’
and he said, ‘Well that’s what I wanted to talk
to you about. The only thing I’ve done has
been this exercise program that David Zid
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