Both aerobic and skilled exercise

[Dap1948]

Both aerobic and skilled exercise produce different benefits and are consequently important.

[Hidden]

Thanks for the diagragm, Ive had a hard time finding exercise that doesn't make PD worsening of tremors, I mean months after not just after the session.

Suzie

[Dap1948 in reply to Hidden]

How do you know that the exercise is causing your tremor increase?

[Hidden]

Great question. I know its the exercise because when I start it it feels good, and then daily I feel weaker and weaker, until I quit and a 2 days later, feel a lot better Dap1948.

Sorry for not responding earlier.

Suzie

I can do Yoga probably because I have done it half of my life and my neuro system recognizes it, heck who knows!

[Dap1948 in reply to Hidden]

Aerobic exercise should not be done more often than alternate days. Your muscles need the rest day. Also, you must begin with short sessions - 10 mins - gradually increasing the duration time as you feel fitter and stronger. You may be doing too much too soon? On the 'rest' days you could do yoga or an alternative 'skilled' exercise. This is what I keep reading anyway!

[Hidden in reply to Dap1948]

I haven't done aerobics, it would be too much for me right now, the more activity the more my tremors want to increase, so I stay away from that and do tai chi, qi gong, biking, yoga is the besst, stickinng with what works

Thanks!

[lempa_nik]

Dap1948, thank you. How about a reference? The diagram is a nice hint, but some may want to dig into this topic further. Here is a journal article by the authors of the diagram, G. M. Petzinger et al (including Beth Fisher, whose 2006 exercise research is often referenced by John Pepper) that discusses the concept in much more detail :

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

The whole article is available there for free.

[Dap1948 in reply to lempa_nik]

It's title is "The effects of exercise on dopamine neurotransmission in Parkinson’s Disease; targeting neuroplasticity to modulate basal ganglia circuitry". Petzinger et al...Sorry too many authors for me to list! i hope you can find it. It appeared in Brain Plasticity 1 (2015) 29-39.

[lempa_nik in reply to Dap1948]

Super! Here's a clickable link to your 2015 article, "The effects of exercise on dopamine neurotransmission in Parkinson’s Disease . . . ":

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

It does contain--at the end of the article--your colorful diagram, Dap1948, but, focuses on the nitty-gritty of brain plasticity, has an ugly glut of medical abbreviations, and seems to be comprehensible chiefly by expert brain researchers. The 2013 review article that I linked to, namely

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

seems to me to be within reach of the educated lay public and, unless your name is "Dr. House," is undoubtedly a friendlier entry point to these ideas.

[Dap1948 in reply to lempa_nik]

Oh well done on unearthing the clickable link! Yes, rather heavy which is why I've just printed off the chart to keep me motivated.