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Social Expansions The “big” philosophy only begins with motion. As people learn confidence in their gait and balance, they may come out of their shells, navigating “bigger” social and physical worlds. “When you have Parkinson’s, you’re concerned about being in crowds with any kind of bumping,” Edwards says. “Airports are the worst. Because you’re losing your strength, you lose confidence in being around other people. A serious issue for people with Parkinson’s is to stay isolated.” That was the case with William “Bill” Moseley-Williams, who also has Parkinson’s disease. He had fallen six or seven times, he says, when his wife suggested he consider neuro PT. Even within the safety of his home, life was becoming scary. When he fell, he had difficulty getting up again. “We had to call 911 to get some people to get me up,” he says. “And most of the time I was all right, but a couple of times I had to go to the hospital.” At MaxMotion, Moseley-Williams improved his balance and learned techniques for rolling over in bed and standing up from the floor, he says. The guided exercises helped; so did the encouragement Beck and the other therapists gave him. “They had a platform set up and I had to get across it, get on the floor and get up again, and that was a struggle for a while,” he says. “The therapists had to put up with me. To boot I had a bad arm. It was doubly hard to crawl with one arm. I liked all the people—the therapists were all willing to help. Sometimes I needed two people to help me. The most important thing about therapy is you like the person who’s doing it. They knew all my idiosyncrasies.” Now, Moseley-Williams says, he rarely uses his cane. He hasn’t fallen since he started PT a year ago. “Dr. Beck has been wonderful staying with me and putting up with me,” he says. Edwards also agrees. “I have no doubt, knowing her as I do, that all her clients are better for knowing her,” she says. “Her gift is a sense of how far she can push before it’s too far. She’s pushed me farther than I thought I could go, and almost every time, I could do it.” While Beck is known for the way she encourages each client, the supportive atmosphere extends beyond her personal touch. Welsh, for instance, notices improvements in his fellow clients and praises them. That camaraderie is enhanced in the more advanced groups, such as the Rock Steady Boxing 1558 work group for Parkinson’s patients. “Often, with a chronic condition such as Parkinson’s, people ... can start presenting themselves differently,” Beck says. “They become more isolated. We do a nice job of linking people up with other folks with a similar condition. People understand each other and can relate to them. At the clinic, too, everyone may not have the same condition, but they are around others, working hard to optimize their independence, optimize their health … there’s accountability, socialization and people cheering you on.”