If this has been addressed before, I missed the post. Does anyone else experience stutter step, (uncontrollable, unpredictable quick steps) which makes it hard to keep balance. My husband is almost 3 years post diagnosis and started stutter step recently a couple of months ago. When it happens, it's a challenge for him to keep from falling even with a cane. He is on Sinemet. I didn't even know what it was called until it was mentioned in Michael J. Fox's book No Time Like the Future. When I googled stutter step, I found that it is done in basketball, but in PWP, it is not a controlled movement.
What have you found to be helpful for this? Thank you in advance for any helpful advice.
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Yes, festination. Try playing music and getting him to walk to the beat. Music stimulates an alternative neural pathway and allows normal stepping. I cover this in my book “Music as medicine particularly in Parkinson’s” amazon.co.uk/Music-As-Medic...
Thank you for the suggestion of music. He put on music on his phone and what a difference it made. It was incredible. He was walking like a normal person.
Try it with a wheeled walker, some tiny ear pods connected to a phone or MP3 devise with recorded music.
His feet and legs will move to the rhythm with out having to think about taking each step, and he will have a place to sit when he tires. He will go probably 4 times farther and much faster.
Thank you for starting this discussion. I have not been diagnosed with Parkinson's but i have been diagnosed with dystonia. And i experience stutter step. It occurs most often if i am dancing or playing a sport like ultimate Frisbee or bowling. Anything that requires an intentional step. There are times i fall as a result. I am interested in finding out anything that can help me get over this.
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