Exercise

[Teafor22]

Hi. Friends

How do I find a exercise for parkenson class in my area?

What number do I call?

Ty

Dot

[OTEB]

Are you in the U.K.? If so check out your local PDUK group. A lot of them have regular classes. Your local neuro outpatient therapy service might have something too.

If you looking for something more intense like LSVT BIG or PD Warrior, visit their websites to find a therapist in your area.

Good luck! Excercise is one of the best things you can do!

[JohnPepper]

There is nothing better for Pd than fast walking. If you feel that any exercise is capable of slowing down the progression of Pd or even reversing it then think again.

There is no easy way of dealing with Pd. Medication does nothing other than hide one or two of the symptoms for a while.

If you are serious about wanting to help your Pd then look at my profile and do somethng about it.

[Bea6 in reply to JohnPepper]

Hi I feel very sad when I read your comments as it’s not achievable for all pd sufferers as I am very disabled by other conditions. I try to walk everyday but sadly can not get up enough speed as body just can’t deliver what’s needed. I wish there were other ways.

Kind regards

Bea

[Bailey_Texas in reply to Bea6]

Good morning Bea6. What ever exercise you can manage will help. Use hand weights. The key is to get as strong as you can. Just do it every day and push yourself as long and as hard as you can. And then do some more. When your mind has given up you have only used about 40% of your potential. You can do more than you think you just need to find something you enjoy.

Just ignore John's post. No 1 exercise will do the trick. Do different exercises every day, It will help you from getting bored.

Good luck

[andrehypnotic in reply to JohnPepper]

How fast do I need to walk?

And for how long?

Thanks

Andre J

[JohnPepper in reply to andrehypnotic]

It all depends on your fitness level. If you are not fit, then you should start off and see how long you can walk at YOUR fastest speed. It may be less than five minutes and it may be for more than fifteen minutes. However. You would be well advised to start walking for no more than 10 minutes, unless you are very fit and can safely walk for fifteen minutes. I started at twenty minutes because I had been doing 20 minutes every day in the gym for over twenty years.

How do you know you are walking as fast as you can? If you can speak to somebody then you are not walking at your fastest. If you cannot say one single word, while you are walking, then you are walking a bit too fast. If you can speak two or three words only then you are walking at the correct speed.

You would be well advised to walk every second day, and not every day, even if you think you are able to do so. The reason for this is that, especially for people over forty years of age, your muscles need a day to recover from the high level of exercise. Otherwise you may well injure your muscles, and that takes quite a while to repair possible injury. I have injured myself, even though I have been walking for many years, on three separate occasions and the worst instance took over five months to recover.

[MarciAC4 in reply to JohnPepper]

Is walking on a treadmill or. Walking in place ok? I know it’s April. But it was 24 degrees and ❄️ ng today where I am

[JohnPepper in reply to MarciAC4]

Hi Marci. Walking on a treadmill is better than not walking at all. Walking anywhere else is preferable. Can you not get to a shopping Mall? Do you not have indoor running tracks anywhere near you?

[MarciAC4 in reply to JohnPepper]

Can’t drive

[JohnPepper in reply to MarciAC4]

Oops! Back to the treadmill.

[JohnPepper]

Please forgive me Bea. I was not aware that you have other health problems that prevent you from doing fast walking. I normally add that in my articles on fast walking. On the flip side, I have helped many, many people with Pd, who have been confined to a wheelchair for varying periods of time and people using walkers. They all thought they were not able to walk again, but after less than two minutes they were all able to walk, quite fast, around the hall in which we were meeting.

Do you fall into either of those categories? If you do, and it is because of something other than Pd, then I have to say I am terribly sorry for leading you astray.

[NanCyclist]

Where do you live?

[Teafor22 in reply to NanCyclist]

South San Francisco. Ca. 94080

[M_rosew]

If you seriously want local info and phone numbers, you should at least mention where you live.

[Teafor22]

South San Francisco. Ca. 94080

[yupitsme2]

Hi Dot: You could try calling Rock Steady Boxing in San Francisco at 415-410-3339. They have people of all ages and abilities working out there and they are super, super nice. If you don't want to go into the city, you could try a Rock Steady Boxing gym on the Peninsula. It think there's one in Mountain View. Another great resource for PD information is Parkinson's support groups and the SF Peninsula has many active groups that you may enjoy. Some include speakers and some are for talking. Here is a link for support groups in the San Francisco area:

parkinsons.stanford.edu/sup...

You can contact them and they will add you to their mailing lists. You may even meet someone who would like to start an exercise program with you! Take care!