Today mountain biking has exploded in high school all over the United States, the idea of “Strong body, strong mind, strong character” radiating out with the wave of popularity. This is the motto for the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), a mountain biking league founded in 2009 by Matt Fitzinger, a math teacher in North California who noticed that there weren't very many teen racing categories (Parkshipride). He decided to start a team of kids from his school and get a hold of some of the race directors and try to get kids more involved in mountain biking. His small team slowly turned into an entire races circuit all over California and soon became the NICA league. The news of this new highschool sport spread like wildfire …show more content…
Cycling is the gateway to the realization of personal wellness and a societal shift in community re-engagement for our youth. For many of our student-athletes, participation on their school mountain bike team is the first time they are mentored by caring adult coaches on the practice of safe and responsible cycling on public trails and the connections made between the students and the coaches are strong. Not only do participants learn to ride extremely well, they also learn what it means to be a steward of the natural environment and to be a contributing member of a group. These valuable lessons prepare students for adulthood and enable them to continue riding and racing well beyond high school. NICA is a youth development organization that is helping adolescents become strong and productive members of society (Bures 2). Not only does NICA do all these amazing things but it also gives kids a family. Most teams are just that, a team, but with NICA you are family. Everyone cares about everyone else's success, creating a supportive and inclusive environment. This environment allows kids to gain a sense of self worth and confidence giving hormonal teens a better base to stand on to mature. Mountain biking is honestly …show more content…
Parkinson's disease is caused by deterioration of the brain, which causes the person to lose control of their limbs, ailing them with tremors and paralysis of the muscles. And although it isn’t deadly, the complications that come with it can cause death. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rated complications from PD as the 14th cause of death in the United States.” (McCall). Dr. Alberts says “ as you cycle and make movements faster, more regular and more efficient, You have an increase of quality and quantity of information going to the brain.” (McCall). This information releases neurotrophic factors, or proteins which are responsible for helping motor functioning (McCall). Mountain biking has some truly amazing health benefits and is a great way to keep a kid healthy and teach them to stay healthy as they grow
Many people, like myself, after watching an episode of “The Michael Jay Fox Show,” started to be come curious as to what exactly this disease is. You ask yourself; What is this disease? What causes it? Can it be passed down from generation to generation? Is there a treatment? What would your life be like suffering from this? Through my research on Parkinson’s disease, I am determined to answer these questions. I hope to have a better understanding on this disease, and how it affects the lives of patients that I might see in a hospital.
Sport aerobics is a new exiting performance sport, and like any new sport, is seeking recognition and acceptance as a valuable and worthwhile competitive activity. It is said however, that Sport Aerobics will always struggle for popular support because of pre-existing stereotyped views of sport in Australian society. The purpose of this essay is to challenge stereotyped views of sport in Australian society in order to increase participation in Sport Aerobics. To do this a proposed strategy will be implemented at Nambour High School to challenge stereotyped views of sport and breakdown social barriers to the participation in Sport Aerobics. This strategy involves including Sport Aerobics as a compulsory activity in the junior school physical
Parkinson's Disease is a mysterious disease that affects the central nervous system and can be very difficult to treat and live with. It is classified as a motor system disorder but is a progressive, chronic disease resulting in
People who have been diagnosed with this lifelong disease have either started to see the early signs and symptoms or have yet to recognize them. The negative impact that fatigue, loss of muscle strength and in-coordination has on the patients with Parkinson’s disease can be improved with a well-balanced exercise regimen. The three most common physical symptoms the patient will experience are tremors, rigidity, and bradykinesia. “Tremors while at rest are the most common initial symptom and are present in around 70 percent of cases at disease onset. It often presents as a pill rolli...
With more than 200,000 US cases per year, Parkinson’s disease has become a major part
Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the nervous system, and occurs when the brain cells that are in charge of producing dopamine in the body start to slow down the dopamine making process and/or stop it all together. These dopamine producing cells can be found in a grouping of cells called the substantia nigra, which is found in the mesencephalon, also known as the midbrain. What dopamine does is it sends the electrical signals in the brain between the dopamine producing nerve cells from the substantia nigra to the corpus striatum (part of the forebrain). With the right flow of electrical signals between nerve cells, your body will produce smooth muscle movements. When the production of the dopamine is interrupted, slows down, or comes to a stop, this will cause a lack of dopamine. With this lack of dopamine, the muscles in the body will produce shaky and jerky movements instead of the smooth and graceful movements which those muscles are used to. Disrupted for long enough, and during an acute attack of Parkinson’s disease, the dopamine producing cells and the tissue around them will then start to die off causing a short...
Parkinson's Disease is a perpetual, dynamic, neurodegenerative sickness of the elderly for the most part influencing individuals at the age of 60. Nearly 5 million people are suffering from this disease all over the world and 1.2 million people are suffering in United States and Canada with approximately 480 per million people are newly diagnosed each year. This disease not only affects the patient but also it is a cause of worry among patient's loved ones and family members. Though, the news of the recent disease diagnosis haunt every individual and his nears and dears but due to several support groups and societies and several scientific breakthroughs have put a ray of hope in the life of individual living with Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson disease (PD), also referred to as Parkinson’s disease and paralysis agitans, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is the third most common neurologic disorder of older adults. It is a debilitating disease affecting motor ability and is characterized by four cardinal symptoms: tremor rigidity, bradykinesia or kinesis (slow movement/no movement), and postural instability. Most people have primary, or idiopathic, disease. A few patients have secondary parkinsonian symptoms from conditions such as brain tumors and certain anti-psychotic drugs.
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common nervous system disorders. This disease is part of a group of conditions that are referred to as motor system disorders. Motor system disorders are the result of the loss of dopamine producing brain cells. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter. It acts as the chemical messenger in the transmission of signals in the brain and other vial areas. Dopamine is found in humans as well as animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. Further information on dopamine can be found by visiting http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Dopamine.aspx. There are four primary symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, which include (1) tremors or trembling in hands, arms, legs, jaw and face, (2) rigidity or stiffness of the limns and trunk, (3) bradykinesia or slowness of movement, and (4) postural instability or impaired balance and coordination..
Parkinson’s disease, a chronic, progressive, and neurodegenerative brain disorder affecting body movement, known to have no cure, yet has treatments that will help in managing the disease. This disease is named after James Parkinson, an English physician who described this illness. Approximately one million people in the United States are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (What is Parkinson’s, n.d.). This disease is identified to be slow in progression and symptoms of this will only worsen as time goes on. Parkinson’s is the second most common neurodegenerative disease (Simpson, Murray, & Eccles, 2010).
716). Characteristic features of Parkinson's disease include “motor impairment (bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, gait dysfunction, and postural instability), cognitive impairment (frontal lobe executive dysfunction), and mood disorders” (p. 716). Normally, motor performance depends on the interaction between automatic (unconscious) and volitional (cognitive) control of movement, however those with Parkinson's disease, experience an “early and preferential loss of dopamine in the caudal regions of the basal ganglia (dorsal regions in rodents), which leads to diminished automatic and increased cognitive control of movements that include frontal lobe circuitry” (p. 716). Consequently, those with Parkinson’s disease must sustain a larger cognitive load to execute either motor or cognitive tasks, such as working memory. In the past decade, increasing evidence has accrued for the role of exercise in the improvement of motor performance, which may help both the cognitive and automatic control of movement. Thus, exercise interventions can help those with Parkinson’s disease incorporate goal-based motor skill training, which then helps in engaging circuitry important in motor learning. Individuals with Parkinson's disease become cognitively engaged with the practice and acquiring of movements and skills that were formerly automatic and unconscious. In addition, aerobic exercise is also observed as important for improvement of blood flow and assistance of neuroplasticity in the elderly, which may also play a role in the improvement of behavioral function in those with Parkinson's disease. Petzinger et al. additionally states that exercise also uses goal-based training and aerobic activity which can improve “both cognitive and automatic
Without this vital dopamine nerve cells cannot properly transmit messages resulting in a loss of muscle function.Parkinson's Disease is a non-communicable disease and doctors have not yet found out whether or not it is a hereditary disease. Parkinson's Disease has many distinct symptoms. The symptoms are:Muscle Rigiditystiffness difficulty bending arms or legsunstable, stooped, or slumped-over posture loss of balancewalking pattern changesslow movements difficulty beginning to walk difficulty initiating any...
The NLN’s purpose is to promote excellence in nursing education (Mason, Gardner, Outlaw, & O’Grady, 2016). Good education is the foundation of stronger
Confucianism left Chinese society as a “world of grief and misery,” and “all the living beings of the whole world are but murdered things” (Kang Youwei). I along with other intellectual revolutionaries are advocating to change the way women are perceived in Chinese society (Ebrey and Walthall). It is time to free mankind of the miseries of life stemming from Confucian texts. We must change the cultural values and question our morality from persecuting individuals as seen in the film, Raise the Red Lantern, to unifying the masses. It is of the utmost urgency to abolish the nine boundaries which divide men from women, masters from servants, class from class and pure from impure.
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