Parkinson’s Awareness Month 2022: Manitobans invited to sit-stand in support
According to Tim Hague Sr., the founder of U-Turn Parkinson’s wellness centre in Winnipeg, Parkinson’s is tied to a lack of dopamine production in the brain.A glimpse of remote living with Parkinson’s draws viewers to unlikely TikTok star from Quebec
“ deals with our emotions in a large way, but it also deals with our movement, our ability to control our bodies, and over time, our our bodies stop producing dopamine,” he says. That results in our inability to control our body and in all of our muscle function.” Hague, who’s diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease, says he chose to open up about his experience because it’s part of his profession.Story continues below advertisement
“I was a nurse for 21 years, and so that that’s an important part for nurses to educate the public,” he says. “But you also remember that my older son and I got the opportunity to run The Amazing Race Canada and that kind of thing gave me a chance to kind of put us out there.”
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