{"id":152777,"date":"2025-12-15T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=152777"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:35:27","slug":"why-running-can-be-a-game-changer-for-people-with-parkinsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/why-running-can-be-a-game-changer-for-people-with-parkinsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Why running can be a game-changer for people with Parkinson’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 35,\u00a0Bolingbrook, Ill.’s Jimmy Choi <\/strong>needed a cane to walk. Today, at 50, he has run 15 marathons, an ultra, competes in obstacle course races and has even set multiple Guinness World Records. He has proven not only that your running career can continue despite Parkinson’s, the fastest-growing brain disease in the world\u2013it can slow or even halt the disease’s progression.<\/p>\n

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