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How Specialized Gyms Empower People with Neurologic Conditions (Brain & Life)

Posted: Aug 08, 2025 in In the News

This article originally appeared in Brain & Life on 

Eighteen-year-old Ella McKinney hits the gym twice a week. But this isn't your garden-variety gym with rows of dumbbells and treadmills—SheStrength in Hutchinson, KS, is a more intimate space.

Built on the footprint of two former racquetball courts, the exercise studio is run by Anna Woods, a certified personal trainer who developed for the American Council on Exercise a special certification for fitness professionals interested in working with people who have neurologic disorders. McKinney, who lives in Hutchinson, was diagnosed two years ago with functional neurologic disorder, symptoms of which can include epileptic-like seizures and narcolepsy...

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