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Rock Climbing for Parkinson's with Molly Cupka

Rock Climbing for Parkinson's with Molly Cupka

Update: 2024-07-30
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Molly Cupka is a climber and founder of the organization Up Ending Parkinson's, a nonprofit that teaches people with Parkinson's disease to rock climb. Parkinson's is the second most common neurological disease behind Alzheimer's and rock climbing provides a ton of health benefits including balance, grip strength, and mental acuity. For the climbers who Molly trains, there's another benefit that is harder to quantify, community and connection.

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Rock Climbing for Parkinson's with Molly Cupka

Rock Climbing for Parkinson's with Molly Cupka

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