{"id":3179,"date":"2025-02-07T22:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T22:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/parkinsonz\/?page_id=3179"},"modified":"2025-04-22T21:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:05:40","slug":"jules-king","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test7.samplewebsitelink.com\/parkinsonz\/jules-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Jules King -Pembrokeshire, UK diagnosed 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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PARKINSONZ ACEs<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Meet Jules King<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t
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Laughing Through the Struggle, Lifting\nThrough the Pain \u2013 A CrossFit Warrior Defying\nParkinson\u2019s<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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At 35 years old, Jules King was trapped in a wheelchair, unable to care for herself, and told she would never regain her independence. Today, at 45, she is a CrossFit athlete, a triathlon finisher, and a bronze medalist at the Adaptive CrossFit Games.
Her story is one of grit, resilience, and humor in the face of adversity. It\u2019s not just about surviving Parkinson\u2019s\u2014it\u2019s about thriving with it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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From Dance Floors to Wheelchairs \u2013 The Diagnosis That\nTook 16 Years \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Jules was only 19 when she noticed something strange. While dancing in a club, her big toe curled up and refused to relax. It was odd, but she dismissed it.
Years passed, and other symptoms crept in\u2014stiffness, balance issues, overwhelming fatigue. She lost her natural rhythm, something that had always been part of her identity.<\/p>

By her early 30s, the symptoms were impossible to ignore. Walking became dangerous. Falls were frequent. Eventually, she couldn\u2019t safely carry anything\u2014not even her baby son. She started crawling across the floor just to move.
Doctors couldn\u2019t explain it. One told her she had chronic fatigue syndrome and needed \u201cbed rest for a year.\u201d But instead of improving, she ended up in a wheelchair, needing 24-hour care.
She was misdiagnosed for 16 years.
Then, in 2015, a neurologist finally figured it out\u2014Stage 5 Parkinson\u2019s disease.
The doctor gave her levodopa, a standard Parkinson\u2019s medication.
The first pill didn\u2019t do much.
The second? She was walking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Mindset Shift \u2013 Fighting Back with Movement \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Parkinson\u2019s is a progressive disorder\u2014 it used to be believed that Parkinson\u2019s is always a slow, inevitable decline. Doctors said she would never regain full mobility.<\/p>\n

Jules didn\u2019t care.
The moment she could move again, she set a goal: Walk one full lap of a 2K course without stopping.
It took six weeks, but she did it.
Then she set another goal: Complete a triathlon.
Her doctor laughed. \u201cI know you\u2019re a fighter, but that\u2019s not possible.\u201d
A year later, she walked into his office wearing a Pembrokeshire Olympic Triathlon finisher\u2019s shirt.
She came in last. But she finished.
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finding Strength in CrossFit \u2013 From Panic to Power \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Her daughter, Sophie, suggested she try CrossFit.
Jules drove to CrossFit Pembrokeshire and sat in the car watching athletes lifting barbells, jumping on boxes, and throwing weights around like it was nothing.
\u201cI had a full-blown panic attack and drove home,\u201d she laughed.
Then she laughed at herself and went back the next day.
From that moment, CrossFit became her therapy, her medicine, her power.
She learned to adapt:<\/p>