To Johnpepper and Patv:
Many thanks For your positive response to my post on balance and falling.
It has given me hope to PUSH myself to do more and increase my strength and
Endurance. Will let you know how the walking goes and the endurance time.
Again, many thanks for your. Input and encouragement. Have a great day!
Polyana007
Hi Polyanna007. You are most welcome. Don't overdo it!
Kind regards
John
Hi---I missed your post re balance and falling and would appreciate it if you could share it with me. I have P D and am having difficulty with my balance ergo falling. Thanks
Hi rustjudge. I want to start by reminding you that I am not a doctor or any other type of health professional. I am merely a Parkinson's patient who has managed to reverse many of my Pd symptoms. One of the most successful changes I have made in my life has been in the way I control my movements. I have found that I am able to consciously take over the control of those movements from my subconscious brain. All of my movement problems are primarily with walking, writing and bringing food to my mouth. With these movements, I never have had to think about how I am controlling them. I just did them! Now, they don't work very well, because my brain cannot get the messages to the muscles properly. But I found that I can consciously do everything properly, without any problem. The only problem is learning just what to do and when. With bringing a glass up to my mouth and tipping the contents into it, I never know if I am doing it consciously or subconsciously, because the subconscious mind still continues to try do do it. I found, in this instance, that if I concentrate on holding the glass firmly, I can retain conscious control, without any tremors. The moment I relax that control the tremors cause me to spill the contents. Most other people have also been able to do this, when I showed them how. I normally teach them to do it with an empty glass, so that they are not nervous about spilling the contents.
What, you may ask has this got to do with balance? Well, balance is a very important part of walking and until we learn how to control our walking the balance component will override everything.
I normally show people how to walk properly by holding onto their left arm with my right arm, so that my body is holding them firmly. That removes the fear of falling. Then I show them how to take conscious control of their walking, while not having to worry about the balance. In this way, balance ceases to be an issue. They have no problem with balance, because if they had, I would feel them falling one way or the other, but they don't.
The fear of falling is a major problem, much more than the actual inablity to maintain balance.
What I recommend to patients is that they regularly stand in a doorway with each arm raised up to touch each side of the doorframe. Then I tell them to place the full weight of their body on one leg and lift the other up into the air. Then, when they are balancing, gently remove the hands and arms away from the door frame. If they feel they ar falling, they only have to put their hands back onto the doorframe, which is only an inch away. If they practice this as often as possible they will build up the leg muscles and improve the brain's ability to pass the message from the inner ear to the muscles. I think they call it building new pathways.
In this way you will get better balance and, more importantly, more confidence in your ability to maintain your balance.
Muscle strength is very important in this matter and the more you exercise your muscles the stronger hey will get and the more you practice balancing the more capable your brain will be in communicating with your muscles.
If you want to learn more about all this then get hold of a copy of "Reverse Parkinson's Disease" from Amazon in printed or eBook form. You can also visit my website at reverseparkinsons.net.
Good luck
John
John --thanks for your prompt and informative response
Johnpepper I finally started, slow go but a start. Did 20 minutes and was really feeling tried so I quit.Later on I walked. 10 minutes and five of it at 2 mph. Not anything
To brag about but a start and for the most part I used one rail but later I did turn loose
For a minute or so at 1.7 , coward to go faster or " look man no hands"......
Will try tomorrow for a short stay and thanks so much for the take it easy attitude,
When you wobble and weave it is easy for me to get discouraged . I am focusing on slow and steady now , not fast. Polyanna007
Hi Polyanna007. You must never do more than 10 minutes hard walking, when you are not fit. In addition to this, you must only do the walking every second day!!!!! Your muscles need one day to recover, otherwise they eat themselves up. Don't feel guilty that you have not done exercise for such a long time, and go like a bull in a chinashop. Walk as fast as you can for 10 minutes. Then, after 2 weeks you can start doing a bit more, but no more than an additional five minutes. So, after two weeks you can try to walk for 15 mintues. Then, after 4 weeks you can try walking for 20 minutes. If you are not able to do this, then do what you can, building up only once in every two weeks.
Whatever you do, don't stop the walking!
Kind regards
JOhn
Johnpepper-thanks fo. The fast.
Reply. Will skip today a no more than ten until I loose mr "sea legs". Again ,friend , thanks
Polyoanna007
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