NOVEMBER 2016

6370 LBJ Freeway

Suite 170

Dallas, TX 75240

(972) 620-7600

www.daps.us

speaker bio 2

thank you 2

executive director’s message 3

north texas giving day 4-5

memorials, honors, donations 6

kendra scott fundraiser 6

group schedules 7

DAPS receives grant 7

calendar of events 8

INSIDE

NOVEMBER

general

membership

meeting

Monday

November 7, 2016*

1:00 p.m. *Note this is the 1st Monday

speaker:

Tom Franklin, Ph.D.

topic:

Highly Focused

Ultrasound

University Park

United Methodist Church

4024 Caruth Blvd (at Preston)

Dallas, TX 75225

See page 2 for speaker bio.

The effectiveness of boxing as a way to combat the progressive symptoms of

PD has become widely known in recent years. But boxing programs for PWPs

in the Dallas area are still relatively non-existent. Last spring DAPS partnered

with UT Southwestern Department of Physical Therapy to conduct a research

study with the objective of determining any positive physical effects of boxing

on Parkinson’s patients over a short period of time. In addition, PT students

would have the opportunity to participate, gaining hands-on experience with

PD patients and learning about boxing.

I’ve been interested in trying boxing for quite a while, so when I received

the email from DAPS soliciting participants for the study, I pounced on the

opportunity. I already exercise and have a trainer that has included some

basic boxing in workouts, but that’s the extent of my experience. There were

basic guidelines to qualify for the study, but mostly we needed to commit to

attending twice a week for 10 weeks. Sessions were held at the DAPS at

Preston Hollow location in Dallas. This was a reasonable location for me, so

I made the commitment along with eight others at various stages of PD and

physical fitness.

Our leader, and the person who was primarily responsible for putting this study

together, was Mike Braitsch. Mike is a second career physical therapy student

at UTSW who will graduate in December. Most of his life he practiced martial

Some of the fighters and trainers from last spring’s boxing study.

Fighters continues on page 3

We Are Fighters

by Pam Michel

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Board of Directors

Chad Swank, Ph.D., President

Barbara Glass, Vice President

Ann Heidger, Secretary

Diana Winkelmann, Treasurer

Cindy Weatherall, Advisory Council Liaison

Chris Clausen

Liza Farrow-Gillespie, J.D.

Bentley Foster

Mary Ellen Malone

Chick Martin

Heather Stevens

Jim Struble

Greg Wood

Dedicated to impacting and improving

the lives of those affected by

Parkinson’s disease

Medical Advisory Board

Shilpa Chitnis, MD, Ph.D.

Richard B. Dewey, Jr., M.D.

Richard L. Fulbright, Ph.D.

thDwight C. German, Ph.D.

R. Malcolm Stewart, M.D.

Gary L. Tunell, M.D.

Newsletter

Jill Dominguez, Editor

The DAPS newsletter is published monthly as an

information guide only, and does not serve as legal or

medical advice. We welcome your feedback,

contributions or requests. Please send to or contact:

Jill Dominguez

Phone: 972-620-7600

jill@daps.us

www.daps.us · facebook.com/daps.us

Submissions must be received by the 1st of the month

preceding publication date and are subject to editing.

Advisory Council

Sarah Atwood

Dusty Berry

Jean Blomquist

Ben Casey

Carlie Dorshaw-Moe

Shirley Hand

Charlene Noe

Sandi Pautler

Joyce Susman

Barbara Taylor

Executive Director

Mike Miles

November Speaker Bio:

Thomas D. Franklin, Jr., Ph.D.

Dr. Franklin received his B.S. & M.S. from Wake

Forest University and his Ph.D. from the University

of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a

cardiovascular physiologist by training and spent

21 years in research with the diagnostic and

therapeutic applications of ultrasound in medicine.

For eighteen of those years he served as an

Assistant and Associate Professor of Radiology at

the Indiana University School of Medicine where he

also was President and Executive Director of the

Indianapolis Center for Advanced Research, Inc.

from 1981-1990. From 1990-2003 he served as President of the Texas Back

Research Foundation and the Texas Health Research Institute. After semi-

retiring in 2003, he became the Sr. Scientific Advisor for the North Texas

Enterprise Center, a business accelerator for new start-up companies in

medical technologies. He served as Executive Vice President for Research &

Regulatory Affairs for Organ Transport Systems, Inc., a start-up company in

donor heart preservation technologies from 2005-2011. He currently serves

on the National PKU Alliance’s Scientific Advisory Board (which he chaired for

5 years), The Salvation Army-Plano Corps’ Advisory Council (which he chaired

for 4 years), Sr. Scientific Advisor for NTEC, Inc., and the Board of Trustees of

the Dallas Rotary Club Foundation.

Tom has been a Rotarian for 30+ years and is a Paul Harris Fellow, a Price

Cross Partner, and a Heritage Fellow. He’s been married to Annie Faye for

52 years with two sons, six grandsons and three granddaughters.

Snacks at the General Membership Meeting

in October were provided by

Autumn Leaves of Carrollton

and

Assisting Hands Home Care.

We are grateful for the generous bounty you provided!

NOVEMBER 2016 · DAPS · PAGE 3

Fighters continued from front page

arts. Teaching martial arts and competing in amateur

fighting became outlets for maintaining his sanity during a

finance career. Upon meeting him, it was obvious that a

computer-in-a-cubical-job was not his calling. At every class

and in emails in-between, Mike filled us with positive energy

that helped us accomplish more than we imagined we could.

Assisting Mike were professors and PT students from

UTSW. The students were familiar with PD and could spot

us as needed. Mike trained the students prior to the study

so they would also be able to help with boxing basics. None

of us were quite sure what we were getting ourselves into

at the first class, but we got a good idea when Mike

informed us that those of us in the study were “Fighters.”

The PT students were our “Trainers.” During the first few

classes, we learned footwork, basic punches and the correct

mechanics for performing them. Soon we began rotations

through stations where we threw different types of punches

and combinations at stationary heavy bags. It was fun, but

also work! At the end of each session everyone was pretty

much drenched in sweat. But it was a good feeling each

time we made it through. We became Fighters!

Of course since this was a research study, there were tests

and measurements taken at the beginning, mid-point and

end of the process. Flaws in the study design were identified

that will be addressed and changed for future studies. Still,

in 10 weeks, some participants had improvement in gait

speed, core strength and balance. But primarily, everyone

felt stronger. Perhaps most significant was the group

dynamics created by our little community of Fighters and

Trainers all encouraging each other and laughing at things

that are all-too-familiar among folks with PD. The

camaraderie seemed to have an effect on non-motor

symptoms of PD that is almost impossible to quantify.

When asked what the future holds following this study, Mike

said that he sees people benefit from physical therapy, but

then they need ways to build on that momentum outside of

the limited coverage provided by insurance. Exercise

programs like what DAPS provides at low-cost or no-cost

are an excellent way to keep working outside of a

therapeutic environment. But above all, Mike is thrilled to be

able to put his passion for boxing to work in a way that

benefits other people. “I view this program as more of a

personal calling than anything,” said Mike. “I am even more

thrilled that my fellow students at UTSW and the Faculty

have joined the cause and really had a good time. All of us

are excited to continue working with DAPS.”

Some of the Fighters from this first study continue meeting

together on occasion and are hopeful there will be more

classes available soon. A longer-term research study is

being planned to begin in early 2017 in conjunction with

DAPS and UTSW. Watch the newsletter for details. Join us

and you can be a Fighter too!

There is Always Something

There are places where the arrival of fall comes with a

blast of color. I hope that you’ve had the wonderful

experience of waking up in places like that and seeing the

morning sun paint the trees in brilliant colors. Fall is a

time of thanksgiving that dates back to the days when the

harvest determined the tone of the next year. The reward

for all the work that had gone into planting and tending

the crops came down to this one season. No doubt there

were some harvests that were better than others, but our

tradition of Thanksgiving is built upon the idea that there

is always something for which to be thankful.

Every year, 60,000 people in America will hear a doctor

say, “You have Parkinson’s disease.” That will not only

affect the tone of their next year, but that of many years to

come. The good news—the “something” for which to be

thankful—is that there is much being done in the field of

Parkinson’s research. I long for the day that we wake up

to find that the breakthrough has come; the cure has been

found! For now, I am thankful for all the focus and great

work being done by so many organizations to not only

find the cure, but to find ways of living well with

Parkinson’s.

DAPS is one of those organizations helping people with

Parkinson’s to live well. I hope you are among those who

participate in the DAPS programs and that DAPS is on

your list of things for which to be thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving,

A message from Mike Miles

Executive Director

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Jean Ainsworth

Danny Allen

Kathryn Arden

John & JoAnn Arnold

Avila Family

Larry Barker

Ken Barr

Lee Barry

William Basham

Judy Basham

Jesse Basham

Suzanne Basham

Paul Basista

Sandra Beaird

Don, Wendy & Richard Bennett

in memory of Barbara Bennett

and Lois Bailey

Carol Bieler

Jean Blomquist

Bob & Olinda Boardman in

memory of Nannette Barrett

Maria Bonilla

Richard Bower

Jackson Brown

Shelley Broyles

Jacquelin Brummel

Edna Buentipo

Donna & Gene Burson

John & Wanda Call

Patsy Capps

Gary Carlson

Kristina & Carlos Casanova

Ben & Sue Casey

Annabelle Catterall

Larry Christensen

Michael Clark

Chris Clausen

Abigail Crockett

Janiece Crozier

Bruce Crozier

Joe Cuevas

Eddi Dagley

Leo Dagley

Molly L. Davis

Madeleine Dickson

Annie DiGiovani

Carolyn A. Dobson

Richard A. Doelling

Rita Doelling

Michael Doggett

Brent Doll

Raul Dominguez

Jill Dominguez

Sarah Dominguez

Sofia Dominguez

Bob Drew

Laura Drew

J. Robert Dyche

Bill & Rosemary Edwards

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Edwards

Elmyra Encarnacion

Tina & Leonard Epstein

in memory of Pablo Siegal

Alan Farrow-Gillespie

Liza Farrow-Gillespie

Bentley Foster

Iris Foster

Chris Fountain

Kerstin Fredrickson

Kim Fritts in honor of Judy &

William Basham

Bob Fritts

Carla Gaylor

Amy Gerald

Dwight German

Edmund Gibson

Barbara Glass

Joel Goldfinger

Marilyn Goldfinger

Lawrence Goodwin

John Gould

Jim Griffith in honor of

Dona Griffith

Mr. & Mrs. David Grishman

Wanda Grogan in honor of

Tommy Gray

Barbara & Dwayne Grooms

Elizabeth Hand

Kent Hanneman

Heather Hannon

Claudia Hardenburg

Keep up the good work!

Suzanne Harned

Robert & Kathleen Hartless in

honor of Robert Hartless

James & Kathryn Hasse

Paul Headland

Ann Heidger

Patricia Heidger

Chase Helm

Martina Hernandez & daughters

Amazon Hervey

Jackie Hickman in memory of

Joe Hickman

The Hite Family

Kate Hopkins & Ted Brizzolara

in memory of George Hopkins

Colleen Ide

Carrie Ives

Chris Janzen

Cone Johnson

Vivian Jones

Charles Jordan

Bill Jordan in honor of SGBC

DAPS physical therapists

Anne Jordan in honor of SGBC

DAPS volunteers

Jim & Mary Kay Junker

Fred Kalberer

Steve Kazlow

Shirley Keating

Howard Kennedy

Alice Kerner

Dorothy Kilpatrick

Jane Kirby

Kathleen Knight

Challen Koch in honor of

Sandi Pautler

Camille Krug

Beth & Greg LaCaze

Frank Lane

Barb Lane

NOVEMBER 2016 · DAPS · PAGE 5

Mary Lee

Rick Lemmon

Ken Link

Ron Loken

Barbara Mack

Patricia Mackenzie

Mary Lou Mahoney

Mary Ellen Malone

Peggy Martin

Lynn & John Marty

Elaine Martzen

Pat Matula

Thank you for what you do for

my daughter, Deborah.

Christy Mayfield

Sherrie McAden

R.J. McCorry

Mary Menefee

Mackenzie Michel in honor of

Pam Michel

Pam & Matt Michel

Donna Miles

Mike Miles

Mike Miles matching donation for

first $500 given during 6-7AM hour

Jan Fite Miller

Carlie Moe

Joy Mooneyham

Phillip Mooneyham

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Nadolsky

Sandra & Al Newberg

Jacqueline Nguyen

Charlene Noe in honor of

DAPS @ South Garland

Carol Norton

Susan Norvell

John Olsson

Connie Parish

Jim Paull

Sandi Pautler in memory of

George Kilpatrick

Sandi Pautler in honor of the

Board of Directors, Advisory

Board, Jill and Mike for all they do

for DAPS. Thank you.

Mike & Mari Pautler

Matt Pautler

Nirav Pavasia

Carl Peavy

Linda Peavy

Sally Peden

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Joe & Chris Pontrello

Mikaela Raine

Fred Ransdell

Sylvia Reber

Charles & Elizabeth Reed

Jackie Reis

Bonnie Roberts

Larry Roberts

Ron Rock

Cheryl Salmon in memory of

Ernie Martin

Brian Sartain

Telisa Webb Schelin in honor

of Anne Heidger

(Because she asked!)

Jay Schmoll

B. Andrew Schoeneberger

Anita Schoeneberger

George Schrader

Robyn Schuller

Mark Schweinfurth

Holly Scott

Michelle Selner

Barbara Seymour

Peter Seymour

Sally Shaw

Bethany Siggins

Evelyn Simmons

Robert Staton

Beth Stehling

Janette Steinheimer

Heather Stevens

Marilyn Stewart

John & Patricia Stroh

Sandra Stromberg in honor of

Sandi Pautler

Jim Struble

Lucia Struble

Louis Struble

Joyce Susman

Monica & Jeff Susman

Thanks for all you do!

Chad Swank

Teralynn Swank

Kara Szabo

Lue Taff

Tom Taylor

Sadie Tellez

Caring with Grace Team

Hans Toffer

Nancy Toffer

Larry Toth

Sharon Toth

Peggy van Wunnik in honor of

John D.

Dennis Verbeek

Gloria Verbeek

Bob Vlach

Sue Watkins

RN & Dottie Watts in honor of

Sarah Atwood

Paul Weatherall

Paul & Cindy Weatherall

$3000 matching gift plus money to

cover some processing fees

Richard Weatherall

Arlene Weisberg in honor of

Peter Levy

Ross Wheeler

Susan Wilder

Walter E. Williams

Diana & William Winkelmann

in memory of Jo Beth Dobbins

Andrew Winkelmann

Jenny Winkelmann

Will Winkelmann

Greg Wood

Terence Young

Numerous anonymous donors!

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Ian Andersen

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Bentley Foster

Barbara Glass

Barry & Pat Goukler

Ann Heidger

Leon & Marilyn Levin

Pam & Matt Michel

Donna Miles

Mike Miles

Susan Norvell

Sandi Pautler

Jackie Reis

Debora Schoene

Holly Scott

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Chad Swank

Kyle Wayne Thomason

Cindy Weatherall

Diana Winkelmann

Greg Wood

GEMs are donors who

Give Every Month.

Our GEMs are very valuable!

Sign up on the DAPS website.

Join us for a

Kendra Gives Back

PARTY CELEBRATING

DAPS GEMs AND Jewels!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH

5PM - 8PM

Kendra Scott at the Plaza

at Preston Center

8383 Preston Center Plaza Drive, Suite 160

Dallas, Texas 75225

Enjoy complimentary refreshments

Shop a curated collection of jewels

20% of all proceeds benefit DAPS

MEMORIALS · HONORS · DONATIONS

SEPTEMBER 2016

In memory of Joanne Brown

From: Jill Dominguez

Helene & Harry Morris

Mike Miles

In memory of George Kilpatrick

From: Jill Dominguez

Marilyn & Bill Bademan

Jean Blomquist

Janice Brown

Annabelle Catterall

Marianne & Fenton Easterling

Susan & Roy Kull

Richard & Shirley LaSance

Richard Marks

Ginny Martin

Nancy Relyea

Terie Roubox

Barbara & George R. Schrader

RL & SB Thomas

Robert Williams

Nathan & Diane Allen

Mike & Donna Miles

In memory of Mary John Weeks

From: Al & Jean Anderson

In memory of Norma Lee Albert

From: Susie Abramson

Rhonda & Ariel Bass

Lynn Wachter & Bobbie Cohen

Marty & Steve Garfinkel

Paulette & Mel Levine

Carol & Jim Lowell

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Ziegler

In memory of Newt Mohn

From: June Mohn

In honor of Jim Struble

From: Dorothy Sundt

Donation to DAPS

From: Mabel Bowlden for NTGD

Anonymous individuals at September

General Membership Meeting

Kroger Community Rewards

DAPS at Lakeside (Dallas)

DAPS at Preston Hollow (Dallas)

DAPS at South Garland (Garland)

DAPS at Trinity (Duncanville)

DAPS’ NO-CHARGE

exercise · speech therapy · support groups

NOVEMBER 2016 · DAPS · PAGE 7

NON-CONTACT BOXING

FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Title Boxing Club of Allen

300 N. Greenville Ave.

214-644-2640

allen-greenville.titleboxingclub.com

Tuesday/Thursday..10:30 to 11:30 am

Wednesday...8:15 to 9:15 pm

Saturday...10:15 to 11:15 am

DAPS has partnered with

Title Boxing of Allen to obtain

reduced rates. Learn more about the

program at FreeMotionPD.com.

Contact the class trainer, Heidi

Weimer, with any questions

regarding schedules or rates.

CARROLLTON:

Grace Lutheran Church

1200 E. Hebron Pkwy. (972-492-4474)

Group Exercise:

Wednesday...10:00 to 11:00 am

Speech Therapy:

Wednesday…11:00 to 11:45 am

DALLAS:

Finley Ewing Cardiovascular &

Fitness Center, Studio 3

5721 Phoenix Drive (214-345-7074)

Dance for Movement Disorders:

Tuesday…2:00 to 3:15 pm

Thursday...2:00 to 3:15 pm

Lakeside Baptist Church

9150 Garland Rd. (214-324-1425)

Dance for PD®:

Wednesday...9:30 to 10:30 am

Speech Therapy:

Wednesday...10:30 to 11:15 am

Partners-in-Care Group:

Wednesday...10:15 to 11:15 am

Preston Hollow United Methodist

Church

6315 Walnut Hill Lane (214-363-4393)

Speech Therapy:

Tuesday...11:30 am to 12:30 pm

Group Exercise:

Tuesday...10:30 to 11:30 am

Thursday...10:30 to 11:30 am

DUNCANVILLE:

Trinity United Methodist Church

1302 S. Clark Rd. (972-296-2155)

Speech Therapy:

Thursday...1:00 to 1:45 pm

Group Exercise:

Monday...12:00 to 1:00 pm *New Time

No class last Monday of the month

Thursday...2:00 to 3:00 pm

Support Meeting:

Last Monday...6:00 to 8:00 pm

Partners-in-Care Group:

3rd Thursday...1:00 to 2:00 pm

Dance for PD®:

Monday...10:30 to 11:30 am *New Time

No class last Monday of the month

GARLAND:

South Garland Baptist Church

1330 E. Centerville Rd. (972-271-5428)

Group Speech:

1st & 3rd Monday… 9:30 to 10:15 am

Thursday… 9:30 to 10:15 am

Group Exercise:

Monday...10:30 to 11:30 am

Thursday...10:30 to 11:30 am

Discussion Group:

Monday...9:30 to 10:30 am

Partners-in-Care Group:

Thursday...10:30 to 11:30 am

IRVING:

MacArthur Hills Sr. Living

1295 Kinwest Pkwy. (469-251-4349)

Group Exercise:

Tuesday...10:00 to 11:00 am

Friday...10:00 to 11:00 am

MESQUITE:

Mesquite Rehabilitation Institute

1023 North Belt Line Rd.

(972-216-2400)

Speech Therapy: Tuesday...9:30 to 10:00 am

Group Exercise:

Tuesday...10:00 to 11:00 am

PLANO:

Custer Road United Methodist

Church

6601 Custer Road (972-618-3450)

Speech Therapy:

Thursday...11:00 to 11:45 am

Group Exercise:

Monday...9:45 to 10:45 am

Thursday...9:45 to 10:45 am

Partners-in-Care Group:

Monday...9:45 to 10:45 am

RICHARDSON:

Arapaho United Methodist Church

1400 W. Arapaho Rd. (972-231-1005)

Group Exercise:

Tuesday...10:00 to 11:00 am

Friday...10:00 to 11:00 am

Dallas Area Parkinsonism

Society received $5,000

from The Grainger

Foundation, an

independent, private

foundation in support of the

Non-contact Boxing

Program. This donation was

recommended by Kevin

Peterson, Branch Manager

of W.W. Grainger Inc.’s

Roanoke location.

DAPS Receives Grant From The Grainger Foundation

Left to right: Chad Swank, Mike Miles, Kevin Peterson, Jennifer Orman

Non-Profit

Organization

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

november general meeting Monday, November 7* - 1:00 p.m. * Note this is the 1st Monday

Speaker: Tom Franklin, Ph.D.

Topic: Highly Focused Ultrasound

open board meeting

Monday, November 14 - 1:00 p.m.

daps holiday luncheon Monday, December 5 - 12:30 p.m.* * Note this is the 1st Monday & earlier start time Entertainment: Variations Choir - Woodrow Wilson HS

RSVP by Thursday, December 1st; $10 per person.

daps mckinney

Tuesday, November 15 - 10:00 a.m.

Videotaped General Membership Meeting of

Tom Franklin, Ph.D.

Topic: Highly Focused Ultrasound

december in mckinney

Tuesday, December 13* - 10:00 a.m.

* Note this is the 2nd Tuesday

Speaker: Sandi Pautler

Topic: Cruising with Parkinson ’s

Come hear about Sandi’s recent cruise and

learn helpful tips for world travel with PD.

All General Membership and Board Meetings are held at University

Park United Methodist Church, 4024 Caruth Blvd., Dallas, TX 75225.

For more information, call 972-620-7600.

DAPS McKinney meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at

St. Gabriel the Archangel Church, 110 St. Gabriel Way, McKinney,

TX 75070. Email mckinney@daps.us for more information.

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