TWO FRIENDS
The P.L.L.U.S. Program first began in 1996 as a collaborative project between the Westwood Village Rotary Club and the Westside Family YMCA.
The P.L.L.U.S. Program has its origin in a heartwarming story of friendship between Rotarians, Wally Fischmann and Henry Tseng. Wally and Henry were active, longtime participants in the “Early Riser” exercise classes at the YMCA.
When Wally was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1984 and developed the typical symptoms of the disease, such as shuffling walk, hunched shoulders, slurred speech, hand tremors, and head bobbing, and was no longer able to attend exercise classes, Henry became determined to help him return to the YMCA. Wally and Henry recruited a team of experts, including a neurologist and physical therapist, to develop a sequence of exercises and teaching techniques and established the P.L.L.U.S. Program.
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