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nice article!!

http://www.mindthemunchies.com/how-table-tennis-can-cure-dementia/
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Thanks yogi for sharing. I lost my dad to dementia 3 years ago. A terrible disease. He was a brilliant mind so very sad to see him slip away like that.
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frogger, sorry for your loss. your dad never played tt?
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Originally posted by frogger frogger wrote:

Thanks yogi for sharing. I lost my dad to dementia 3 years ago. A terrible disease. He was a brilliant mind so very sad to see him slip away like that.
I lost my mom (86 y/o) 3 yrs ago as well. yes..terrible disease. She got no pain anywhere in her healthy body except that her mind was not the same & quickly deteriorated. Luckily she was very gentle to me & remembered who I was almost until the end. We all miss her terribly...

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I can't find the article right now, but I remember reading something about how the combination of Table Tennis and Sudoku (I think) exercise the brain in such a way to help put off dementia and similar things.
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Originally posted by yogi_bear yogi_bear wrote:

frogger, sorry for your loss. your dad never played tt?


If he did it was when he was young in the military. He was a big hunting and fishing guy.
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Originally posted by tiehwen tiehwen wrote:

Originally posted by frogger frogger wrote:

Thanks yogi for sharing. I lost my dad to dementia 3 years ago. A terrible disease. He was a brilliant mind so very sad to see him slip away like that.
I lost my mom (86 y/o) 3 yrs ago as well. yes..terrible disease. She got no pain anywhere in her healthy body except that her mind was not the same & quickly deteriorated. Luckily she was very gentle to me & remembered who I was almost until the end.
We all miss her terribly...


Sorry for your loss as well tiewen, as we have both experienced losing wonderful people in our lives.
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exercising the mind can only be good

part of the attraction of tt is not only the physical aspect, but the mental aspect

in the chinese community, many play mah jong, which is a fantastic mind exercise

i see many elders who are sharp as a tack, partially, i believe, because they participate in mj on a regular basis

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Watch the PBS movie "Ping Pong - Never too old for the gold"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRd5wY_5zZo

One of the German veterans (women) covered in that movie started playing in her seventies, after recommended to do so while she was undergoing treatment for dementia/senility. She made very good progress, went to the WVTTC in Hohhot, China 2010 and won bronze in 85+ event.
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