Jack Spratt of Lima works a double end punching bag during Rock Steady Boxing program at Senior Citizens Services. Rock Steady Boxing Lima, joins millions in observing ÒParkinsonÕs Awareness Month.Ó ParkinsonÕs disease is a degenerative movement disorder, which causes deterioration of motor skills, balance, speech and sensory function. Rock Steady Boxing Lima gives those living with ParkinsonÕs disease hope by offering a non-contact boxing fitness routine to improve quality of life. There is strong evidence from clinical research that exercise helps ParkinsonÕs disease. Rock Steady Boxing serves participants at all stages of ParkinsonÕs- from newly diagnosed to those who have been living with the disease for decades. Rock Steady Lima boxers meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. 20 ParkinsonÕs boxers are participating. More than 10-million people worldwide are living with ParkinsonÕs disease and more than 60,000 American are diagnosed each year. Craig J. Orosz | The Lima News