Muhammad Ali Research Paper

Muhammad Ali, Parkinson’s Strong, fearless, and courageous are some of the words that describe Muhammad Ali, a world famous boxer. Muhammad was biologically named Cassius Clay, until he changed his name to become Muhammad Ali at age twenty-two. Throughout his life Ali faced many challenges and hardships as he fought his way to being the best. However, later in life Muhammad was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, which may have been caused from the severe head trauma he endured during his career.

Muhammad Ali was born January 17th, 1942. At age twelve, Muhammad’s bike was stolen and a police officer named Joe Martin responded. When Martin heard Ali say “I'm gonna whup whoever stole my bike!” and saw how much anger Ali had after getting his

Ali also won three heavyweight titles, won a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team, won the world championship three times, and appeared in sports illustrated thirty-eight times. In just twenty-one years Ali won fifty-six fights. In Muhammad's years of fighting, he defended his title nineteen times. In 1960 Ali won his first gold metal. In 1984 Ali also spent 60 million dollars and created the Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Outside of his boxing career, in 2002 Ali went to Afghanistan as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, in July of 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, he got to light the torch that started the olympics, and traveled the world making appearances for goodwill and charity. He even said “The more we help others, the more we help

It is mainly caused by degeneration in the nerve cells in the brain. Normally people get it around age 50-60 but it does not mess up your life span, so you would live a normal lifetime. So far scientist have not found a cure. It is not usually from head injury, but there have been cases when there was.

If you do not take your medication on time you will notice difficulty swallowing, shaking in the legs and feet, constipation, shuffling steps, slow eating, slurred speech, limbs will feel heavy, and difficulty getting out of chairs. Men and women are both equally affected. Normally your doctor will get you a medication to maintain mobility.

If you do not take you medication your hands will get so shaky that you cannot button up a shirt. Symptoms can be so mild you do not even know you have it. Not all people end up with a severe case of Parkinson’s. Sometimes if you do not take you medication, you neck and trunk can get stuck in the bent position. At night in bed, if you Parkinson’s is severe enough, you cannot roll over. It will also affect all people of all classes and ethnic groups. You face will have not expressions when something is