Lindsey Via, PTA (left) and Heidi Seasock, PT (right) give “thumbs up” at the NYC Marathon
As members of the Neurorehabilitation Physical Therapy team at the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Neuroscience Institute, Heidi Seasock, PT and Lindsey Via, PTA support patients with Parkinson’s disease every day. They see how the disease affects their daily lives – including simple things like not being able to get out of bed on their own, participate in their favorite hobbies or to exercise.
On Nov. 6, the LG Health employees took their passion for helping patients with Parkinson’s to the streets of New York City by running in the TCS New York City Marathon to raise funds and awareness for the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Together, Heidi and Lindsey raised over $10,000 for the Parkinson’s Foundation, which works to better the lives of people living with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.
Approximately 75 percent of the patients seen by the LG Health Neurorehabilitation duo have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease or some type of movement disorder.
“Together, we have 41 years of physical therapy experience and have known many of these patients for years – we help them navigate their lives with Parkinson’s disease,” said Seasock. “At the age of 48, and after recently recovering from breast cancer, I decided it was now or never to accomplish my goal of running a marathon; and what better way to do one than raising money for a cause that I feel passionate about in a city that I love.”
Lindsey Via is an avid runner and has completed three full marathons and multiple half marathons. “It was always a dream of mine to run in the NYC Marathon and I’m happy that I got to do it while raising money for a great cause,” said Via. “I am so fortunate that we had this experience together as therapists and as great friends.”