{"id":45159,"date":"2020-03-10T08:13:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=45159"},"modified":"2020-03-11T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:02:22","slug":"recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday mornings, you can find Evangeline Lupanov<\/strong> in the Wellness Center at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, helping those diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease learn non-contact boxing<\/a>. Lupanov, a senior at 黑料正能量, interns at the retirement community three times a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lupanov will graduate this spring with a degree in recreation and sports management<\/a> and minors in art<\/a> and kinesiology<\/a>. She aspires to combine these passions, along with her love of music, into a career in recreational therapy. This combines a variety of therapeutic activities into a treatment plan based on the client\u2019s physical and psychological needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lupanov said recreational therapy is typically used for those recovering from surgeries or injuries, anyone from \u201cathletes who are younger, college-level, to middle-aged people, to seniors who had a surgery done, like a hip replacement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tGaining experience in her future profession at VMRC, Lupanov also conducts fitness assessments for residents and wellness center members, helps them create workout plans, and walks them through different exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe do see a big difference,\u201d Lupanov said. \u201cThe assisted trainings that we do, for them, it might not seem like a lot. They\u2019re doing some bicep curls, some sit-ups, some little exercises. But the mobility, it just adds to your quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Lupanov walks client Donald Moyers through exercises on the wellness center\u2019s pneumatic weight machines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The wellness center sees about 4,500 visits a month from its members, which includes residents of the retirement community and locals who are over 50 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides balance and strengthening exercises, an important part of the wellness center experience are the friendships that form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody loves meeting people here,\u201d said Jessica Weirich<\/strong>, wellness center manager. \u201cEva\u2019s been great with having conversations with them and getting to build those relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefit is mutual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI enjoy the interactions with the people,\u201d Lupanov said. \u201cThe clients that we work with, a lot of them are just so sweet. They\u2019re very grateful for what we do for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of her clients have never been to a gym before, Lupanov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor a lot of them, this is a brand new thing. So we have to introduce them to the whole concept of, exercise is good for you,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lupanov hopes to stay in the area after graduation, and may pursue a personal trainer certification while she looks for a recreational therapist position nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPretty much everything I do is helping me get ready for my future career, because everything I\u2019ve learned in classrooms I get to put into practice here,\u201d Lupanov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday mornings, you can find Evangeline Lupanov in the Wellness Center at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, helping those diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease learn non-contact boxing. Lupanov, a senior at ... read more about Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":45161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17562,17571,5601,12579,14139,12507],"tags":[],"feature":[17427,17426,17422],"class_list":["post-45159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digest","category-internship","category-physical-education","category-pre-professional-health","category-student-profiles","category-vaca","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"\nRecreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility - 黑料正能量 News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility - 黑料正能量 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Wednesday mornings, you can find Evangeline Lupanov in the Wellness Center at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, helping those diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease learn non-contact boxing. Lupanov, a senior at\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"黑料正能量 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-10T12:13:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-11T16:02:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"682\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Randi B. Hagi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@黑料正能量_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@黑料正能量_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Randi B. Hagi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Randi B. Hagi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b5c6b98b51028f4e0019d7edb17de4c2\"},\"headline\":\"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-10T12:13:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-11T16:02:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":439,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/43\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Digest\",\"Internship\",\"Physical education\",\"Pre-professional health sciences\",\"Student Profiles\",\"Visual and communication arts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/\",\"name\":\"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility - 黑料正能量 News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/43\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-10T12:13:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-11T16:02:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b5c6b98b51028f4e0019d7edb17de4c2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/43\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/43\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":682},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"黑料正能量 News\",\"description\":\"News from the 黑料正能量 community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emu.edu\\\/now\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b5c6b98b51028f4e0019d7edb17de4c2\",\"name\":\"Randi B. Hagi\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility - 黑料正能量 News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility - 黑料正能量 News","og_description":"On Wednesday mornings, you can find Evangeline Lupanov in the Wellness Center at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, helping those diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease learn non-contact boxing. Lupanov, a senior at","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/","og_site_name":"黑料正能量 News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2020-03-10T12:13:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-11T16:02:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":682,"url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Randi B. Hagi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@黑料正能量_News","twitter_site":"@黑料正能量_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Randi B. Hagi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/"},"author":{"name":"Randi B. Hagi","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b5c6b98b51028f4e0019d7edb17de4c2"},"headline":"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility","datePublished":"2020-03-10T12:13:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-11T16:02:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/"},"wordCount":439,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg","articleSection":["Digest","Internship","Physical education","Pre-professional health sciences","Student Profiles","Visual and communication arts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/","name":"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility - 黑料正能量 News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-10T12:13:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-11T16:02:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b5c6b98b51028f4e0019d7edb17de4c2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/DSC_0445-1000px.jpg","width":1000,"height":682},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/recreation-and-sports-management-intern-helps-local-seniors-regain-mobility\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"黑料正能量 News","description":"News from the 黑料正能量 community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b5c6b98b51028f4e0019d7edb17de4c2","name":"Randi B. Hagi"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45159"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45167,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45159\/revisions\/45167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45159"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=45159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}