{"id":239385,"date":"2026-04-20T20:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:14:14","slug":"adventhealth-to-launch-parkinsons-program-in-apopka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239385\/","title":{"rendered":"AdventHealth to launch Parkinson\u2019s program in Apopka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AdventHealth University (AHU)\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahu.edu\/giving-and-friends\/adventhealth-university-hope-clinic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hope Clinic<\/a>\u00a0is set to launch a wellness program for Parkinson\u2019s\u00a0disease\u00a0patients this summer at 635 Campus Loop in Apopka.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so grateful to now be able to offer an extended plan of care for Parkinson\u2019s patients who may not be able to afford this type of therapy otherwise,\u201d said Alessandra\u00a0Swarowsky\u00a0Martin,\u00a0doctor of physical therapy\u00a0associate professor at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/_mediavault\/2024\/02\/The-Apopka-Chief-Section-A-February-23-2024.pdf#page=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AHU<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahu.edu\/news\/grant-funds-parkinsons-therapy-program-ahus-hope-clinic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">April 15 press release<\/a>, Parkinson\u2019s is an incurable movement disorder resulting in tremors, stiff muscles, and difficulties with balance. Martin\u2019s Central Florida Parkinson\u2019s Access Initiative will help alleviate symptoms through free physical and occupational therapy, exercise classes, balance and gait training, caregiver workshops, and aerobic fitness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hope is that adults with Parkinson\u2019s disease will gain strength and endurance and improve their balance \u2014 all resulting in less falls, more confidence, and enhanced quality of life,\u201d Martin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Funded by a grant from the Parkinson\u2019s Association of Central Florida, the initiative will begin this summer with one-on-one clients before expanding to group services in September, providing each patient with a unique plan of care.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so proud of Dr. Martin for her passion to provide hope and healing to Parkinson\u2019s patients and their caregivers,\u201d said Olga Melnik, Hope Clinic director. \u201cWhen you see a Parkinson\u2019s patient regain movement, it\u2019s a powerful moment for everyone in the therapy room.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hope Clinic has provided free physical and occupational therapy to underinsured and uninsured patients since 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AdventHealth University (AHU)\u2019s\u00a0Hope Clinic\u00a0is set to launch a wellness program for Parkinson\u2019s\u00a0disease\u00a0patients this summer at 635 Campus Loop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-239385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}