Below are some links to important topics. services, agencies or organizations that SpeedBagcentral recognizes.
RockSteadyBoxing.org
Rock Steady Boxing, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, gives people with Parkinson’s disease hope by improving their quality of life through a non-contact boxing based fitness curriculum.
Find out more about Parkinson’s Disease
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy Exercise information
Movement Disorder Resource links
Speedbagcentral promotes all mental health practices and encourages anyone who is troubled, depressed, sad, frightened, abused or suffering any other type of distress to Get Help Immediately!
The new 3-Digit National hotline number for HELP – 988
List of State Suicide Hotlines (Tremendous website resource for mental health issues)
Runaway Hotline You don’t have to go it alone!
Grief Support We’ve all lost someone or something we loved.
Fair and equal access to Education, of all levels, can be a challenge for those with mental health disorders.
The Intelligent.com online College Guide is a great resource of help find your way and scholarship options!
National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) https://www.nami.org/Home
Large listing of Support Groups for many types of issues
National Institute of Mental Health The Number 1 source for current information on Research and programing in the Mental Health Field.
Bipolar and Depression Alliance
Accidents & Trauma Mental trauma after accidents of all types can severely limit your ability to resume regular activities. Here is information about these as well as a treatment resource.
VETERAN RESOURCES Currently, 22 veterans commit suicide every day! This is a tragedy and unacceptable. If you are a veteran, or currently on Active Duty… and are struggling with mental health issues, PLEASE Get Help! You are much to valuable to lose!
Veterans Service Officers (VSO) Key people to help navigate VA services.
Department of Veteran Affairs VA.gov
Substance Abuse Treatment in VA
Military Sexual Trauma (MST) programs
Dept. of VA on Youtube: Many video’s on VA related topics and programs.
11 Resources to Help Veteran-owned Businesses Grow
Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) Guide for Contractors
Music, Rhythm and it’s amazing affects on the human condition.
This is a link to a major reseacher, Michael H Thaut and his mulititude of studies into how music and rhythm can be used in a wide variety of human conditions such as stroke, parkinsons disease and a wide variety of Movement Disorders.
Some of his Key efforts:
Neurobiological Foundations of Neurologic Music Therapy: Rhythmic Entrainment and the Motor System
The cerebellum and neural networks for rhythmic sensorimotor synchronization in the human brain.