Fighting Parkinson’s with CrossFit: Dr. Jeff Livingston PH198

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher Brown MD, MS.

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Jeff Livingston is a retired maternal fetal specialist who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the relatively young age of 36 after noticing a tremor in his finger. Jeff and I first connected at an MDL1, and I was interested to catch up with him to learn more- not only how the high intensity component of CrossFit results in an immediate reduction in his Parkinson symptoms, but also how being a part of the CrossFit community has played such a big role in improving his mental health as well.

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0:00.0	I have to be kind of really cool, though, to be able to do the exercise and see an immediate
0:04.9	impact in terms of your symptoms and see that correlation.
0:08.9	Because oftentimes, I think, you know, maybe people do exercise because they know it's
0:13.4	good for them in the long term, but to be able to see a real impact on your symptoms
0:17.7	in the moment must be pretty gratifying.
0:19.8	It is.
0:20.8	And I tell all these kids, I always say kids, all these folks across the, you guys get
0:24.8	to do cross-masters.
0:25.8	Do you want to do cross-masters?
0:26.8	I have to.
0:27.8	Yeah.
0:29.8	Yeah.
0:30.8	My quality of life won't be the same if I stop exercising.
0:38.8	Welcome to Pursuing Health.
0:40.3	I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and former CrossFit Games athlete.
0:44.3	Here, I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between fitness and
0:48.4	medicine and support your journey toward your health yourself.
0:51.9	This episode is one of a series of Pursuing Health Stories.
0:55.5	Here, I feature the inspiring stories of regular, everyday people who've used lifestyle to
1:00.0	overcome some incredible health challenges.
1:02.6	In this week's episode, I share a conversation with Dr. Jeff Livingston, who is a retired
1:06.8	OB-GYN and material fetal medicine specialist who is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
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