Boxing Coach With Idiopathic Parkinson's Symptoms a Case Study

Boxing Coach With Idiopathic Parkinson's Symptoms a Case Study

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A 60-year-old male patient presents with complaints of rapid fatigue, postural instability, and a lack of interest in all social events for the past two years. He was just diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease at a local hospital in Oakville. He has been referred to physical therapy by his physician, after a serious of falls, in order to work on his balance. Also, he has been diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus for the last ten years and has been receiving insulin therapy. Other than that, there is no other history of infections, illnesses or accidents in the last five years.  However, the patient has brought up concerns about depression and anxiety and has been referred to a psychiatrist for an assessment. He lives with his wife in a three-story building that requires him to walk three flights of stairs that includes thirty-six steps. The patient is a retired heavyweight boxer whose main passion still is boxing. He states that his central goal is to continue recreationally boxing at home or the gym. He is independent in all his activities of daily living except bathing and toileting, which he needs supervision from his spouse. The patient reports good strength in all limbs and has been able to walk independently. He enjoys taking thirty minute walks to the park, but he has noticed that he is starting to have a festering gait and is having trouble slowing down. Ultimately, he is concerned with his increase in falls lately. He  is afraid of falling and breaking his hip like his uncle Johnny, who died from the complications of a hip fracture.

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