David Smith who also goes by the handle the “Parkinson’s Shooter” has a very interesting way of dealing with the tremors that are associated with the disease and its just fucking amazing how effective his use of gun therapy is! Hes gone from being bed ridden and confined to a wheel chair to putting more lead on target than alot of the professional shooters we know. From what he told us He burns through 500 rounds a day. Shooting for Dave is therapeutic because of the release of Dopamine. Dopamine, to put it simply, is vital in relaying the messages that plan and control body movement. Its very apparent that it seems to be effective as well as there are tons of videos of him slinging lead at various competitions across the country.
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Almost as soon as he raises the gun to take the shot the tremors disappear.
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According to FoxNews David Smith had long been a competitive shooter, and he wasn’t going to allow a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease to end his hobby.
The 46-year-old, now considered by Guns.com a “powerhouse on the competitive circuit,” and who just scored a spot at the 2019 World Rifle Shoot in Sweden, was first diagnosed with the crippling nervous system disorder eight years ago.
But rather than shrinking away, Smith confronted Parkinson’s head-on and developed what he calls “gun therapy” as a means to control the tremors that come with the illness.
And when he lifts his firearm to the ready, those debilitating shakes disperse. In the gun world, he is the “Parkinson’s Shooter.”
“The disease had taken away everything from me in terms of my ability to eat and drink or do anything without help. Shooting was all I had left, it was all I could do,” Smith told Fox News Thursday. “It made me feel normal…
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