Your Health: Dancing for Parkinson's

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Lots of patients go through physical therapy, and then theyre done and theres nothing left for them to do, Susan Stahl with Power for Parkinsons said.

Stahl and Dr. Nina Mosier started Power for Parkinsons in January. Both of their fathers were diagnosed with the disease. For them, the dance group is a way to help other patients get in the groove and fight the illness, one step at a time.

We see them getting stronger," Mosier said. "We see their balance getting so much better, and in such a short period of time, and theyre just having fun.

Pilar Reaves, 74, was diagnosed in 2009. With every move, she helps ward off the side effects of a debilitating disease.

Exercise, they say, is better than medication without the side effects--only good side effects, she said.

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