News & Media
Our Co-Founder Trent MacLean share his personal story about living with Parkinson's and experiencing the ON/OFF periods when medications are most and least effective. Full version streaming: Full version now streaming on Mediflix: https://bit.ly/3VvH51T
Brain Health Coach Ryan Glatt explains who can benefit from ping pong therapy and why everyone should train their brain.
ABC News Story about Eileen’s Inspirational Ping Pong Journey and record breaking achievement!
Our Co-Founders, Maureen McComsey and Trent MacLean, shared the origin story of Ping Pong for Good and Trent's own experience with PD. The event highlighted the incredible benefits of playing ping pong, especially for those living with Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative conditions.
Trent MacLean on the Davis Phinney Foundation Living Well with Parkinson's Series.
Professional Development Session for Table Tennis Canada
Ping Pong for Good Co-Founders appear on leading Parkinson’s blogger webinar, Twitchy Woman.
A touching story from about our pilot progam that launched and changing lives in Peoria, IL. If you are interested in launching a program in your community, please email info@pingpongforgood.org.
Spectrum News 1 Story how Eileen Greene inspires Ping Pong players of all ages!
A webinar about the science behind Brain Health, Exercise and Ping Pong.
Co-Founder Trent Maclean joins Two Mikes Parkinson’s Podcast
Articles
Benefits
Anti Aging
Zen and the Art of Table Tennis: Navigating my Late-life Crisis
Eye on the Ball: Table Tennis as a Pro-Health Form of Leisure-Time Physical Activity
Degenerative Brain Disease
Study finds picking up a ping-pong paddle may benefit people with Parkinson’s
Playing Ping Pong May Significantly Improve Parkinson’s Symptoms
Parkinson patients play ping pong to combat disease symptoms
Table Tennis Program May Ease Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s, Early Study Shows
Fighting fit: How table tennis helps elderly live well with dementia
Mental Health
Medical Journals
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Biernat, E., Buchholtz, S., & Krzepota, J. (2018). Eye on the ball: table tennis as a pro-health form of leisure-time physical activity. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(4), 738.
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