Parkinson's Boxing in Speonk, NY
Noncontact boxing classes for people with Parkinson’s, coached by Seth Greiner, PT, MSPT. Classes run Monday and Wednesday, plus a remote class on Zoom. Call for the current schedule.
Move big, move loud, and hit something.
Parkinson’s shrinks movement. Steps get shorter, the voice gets quieter, the arms stop swinging, and the body accepts each small reduction as the new normal. Boxing argues with that directly. Every punch is a big, fast, rotational movement with a target at the end of it, thrown at an intensity you would not reach in a gentle exercise class, and the shouting is part of the training rather than a side effect.
These are group classes, noncontact, held at our Speonk clinic, with a remote class on Zoom for anyone who cannot get in. Each class opens with a large-amplitude warmup where we deliberately overshoot every movement and use our voices, then works footwork, bag and mitt work, rotation, core and balance, with visual, auditory and tactile cueing running the whole time. Nobody spars. Nobody gets hit.
Seth Greiner, PT, MSPT is the head coach and teaches the class himself. He earned his certification at the original Rock Steady Boxing affiliate in Indianapolis, and has been running noncontact boxing with the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Center for Parkinson’s Disease for more than three years. He is a licensed physical therapist first, which is why the class is built around the same principles as the clinic’s neurological care.
Who the class is for.
Any stage, any fitness level, no boxing experience of any kind.
Newly diagnosed
The best time to start. High-intensity, large-amplitude exercise is easiest to build while you still have the capacity to build on.
Rigidity and small movement
If your steps, your reach and your voice have all quietly gotten smaller, this class exists to make them bigger again.
Balance that has changed
Footwork, rotation and reaction drills, done standing, done often, and done with a coach right there.
Anyone who is isolated by it
A room full of people with the same diagnosis, working hard together, is the part participants and families talk about most.
People who cannot get in
The Zoom class runs the same structure from your own living room. Ask us what you need at home for it.
Care partners
Spouses and adult children are welcome to come, watch and learn the cueing we use, so it carries over at home.
What the class is built to do.
Research supports high-intensity exercise for Parkinson’s. This is our version of it.
Fight rigidity
Big, fast, repeated rotational movement, at a level of effort that gentle exercise does not reach.
Better balance and footwork
Standing work, direction changes and reaction drills every single class.
Power and speed
Punching is a power skill. Training it trains the same fast force production a stumble recovery needs.
Voice and confidence
We use our voices on purpose during the warmup, because Parkinson’s quiets those too.
A community
Group classes with people who understand the diagnosis, which does more for isolation than any handout.
A coach who is also your PT
Seth is a licensed physical therapist, certified at the original Rock Steady affiliate in Indianapolis.
Questions about parkinson's boxing.
01 / What are the class times?
02 / Is this the same thing as Rock Steady Boxing?
03 / Do I need a referral, and can I do physical therapy too?
04 / I have never boxed and I am not in shape. Is that a problem?
What our patients say.
"Greiner PT is a first class place. Seth and his team get you working hard with a varied array of exercises. Peter Imperator, my main therapist, was spectacular."Michael F. · Google review
Schedule Your Appointment
No referral needed in New York. Same-week appointments available at both locations.
Your first visit is a full one-on-one evaluation with a licensed physical therapist: come in, tell us everything, and leave with a plan.
You’re all set.
We’ll reach out within one business day to confirm your appointment. If you need to speak with us sooner, call us directly.