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Overview: Member Testimonials
- Linda Parrish
I've never stuck with or was motivated to exercise. For health reasons, I had to get started. Doctor's orders! The Madonna staff, especially Jessica Madsen and Darrin Bryant, DPT, have been very knowledgeable about my needs and have helped make me a healthier person.
I came to Madonna ProActive with various health problems. Blood pressure was one of the more serious. In the year before joining I had had two emergencies for blood pressure. Medicine was not controlling or helping me, and I needed another way. I found Madonna ProActive. I'm happy to say I have passed my first-year anniversary, and my blood pressure is doing great! Plus, my motivation to stick with it has not declined. I workout at ProActive four days a week, and it has given me hope and health. I feel so positive about ProActive and how they have had the answers and support I needed to become healthier. I am looking forward to my second-year anniversary. They are truly my friends!
- Betty Miller-Kimball
Betty Miller-Kimball has been a member at more than one other Lincoln fitness facility, but eagerly tells people it wasn't until she joined ProActive that she started to feel her arthritis pain was manageable. She has chronic pain in her joints and muscles that has sent her to seek help from experts as far away as Rochester's Mayo Clinic. Today, Betty says, "Throw away your arthritis medicine and stop bothering the doctor, and start coming to ProActive!"
The warm-water aqua track at Madonna ProActive, and more specifically the EZ Moves class designed for chronic pain sufferers, seems to be the best cure for Betty. The water is heated to comfortable temperature like warm bathwater, but the expertise of the instructors at ProActive are what Betty said is the difference. "Julie does the things you need to do for arthritis. She works the muscles and joints all over the body, including the muscles in your fingers, hands, hips and knees. I used to have a major issue with my legs, but now they don’t even swell and I feel great! The only side effect I've experienced since joining Madonna ProActive is good health!"
- Brad Kohl
In April 2007, Brad was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), and it changed everything. With GBS, the body's immune system attacks your nerves, typically causing severe weakness and numbness. There is no cure for the disorder, but several treatments can ease symptoms and reduce the duration of the illness.
The benefits Brad discovered using the reverse-current, warm-water aqua track at ProActive proved especially motivating. It was in the water where he felt he made some of his best improvements. "I've done some land therapy, but it doesn't inject me with the life that I feel in the water," Brad said.
Despite living 25 miles away, in Crete, Neb., Brad joined ProActive in March 2008, and shortly after he realized further benefits, he encouraged his wife Margaret to join. For Margaret, ProActive has been a positive way to healthfully deal with stress and anxiety related to Brad's illness. "People are there to get healthier, whether it's after an injury, illness or just to be active in everyday life. I never feel intimidated exercising at ProActive," Brad said. "The employees' dispositions are encouraging. Nobody is ever too busy to stop and talk for a couple-three minutes and share an encouraging word. I can't picture myself stopping my trips here," Brad added.
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