According to a study that tracked 237 patients over a five-year period, those with early-stage Parkinson’s disease who were more active had better physical outcomes than less active people with the disease. “Higher physical activity levels were strongly associated with better functioning in activities of daily living, cognitive processing speed, posture stability, balance, and gait,” Dr. Tinaz says.
Other research shows that high-intensity exercise appears to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Researchers asked patients to engage in high-intensity exercises (cycling or using treadmills) three times a week for six months. They assessed the study participants’ motor symptoms before and after the six-month period. They also compared the participants’ progress to other Parkinson’s patients who didn’t participate in the high-intensity exercise program.
I do cycling, running, rowing and resistance training - but I've also purchased a quest 3 VR headset which I find is brilliant and fun for extra movement and co-ordination. Using the headset I play table tennis, raquetclub, and something called sabre beat - which is a high energy game where you have to coordinate movement to high energy sound tracks. I've been pretty amazed at just how good these games are and how immersive.
I was diagnosed with PD over 30 years ago. Today, I doubt if any neurologist would detect any signs of PD. I am not claiming to be cured!!! There is no cure for PD, BUT, it can obviously be reversed!
What did I do to make that happen?
I started to walk, as fast as I could, every second day, for one hour.
Within two years, I showed no symptoms of PD. I have not since started to show any symptoms, providing I walk as fast as I can, for one hour, every second day!
I am now nearly 90 years old and, am still doing my walking and, show no signs of having PD.
If only it were that simple... As we already knew, there are different forms of PD, as confirmed in a recent study. You are fortunate to likely fit into the slow-developing form, but there are large groups of PWPs who require completely different treatment methods. It seems very hurtful for them to constantly hear that fast walking is the only solution and that their problems are not taken seriously.
I have been all English-speaking world, at my own expense, but did receive some donations towards my cost.
I spoke to dozens of fully packed large halls, full of OD patients, with various degrees of PD. There was not one person who was not able to walk properly, after having been shown how!
There was an enormous interest shown by everybody present , in what I had done.
Even the wheelchair-bound patients were able to walk normally! Immediately!
It is not MAGIC! It is pure common sense.
They learned how to consciously control their walking.
I am too old now to do that trip again but, if push came to shove, and I could travel Passenger class, I would come over again and do as many demonstrations as I can in as many countries, only this time, I would need some financial help to do so!
I wish there would be at least one study that would acknowledge that pd symptom of fatigue may inhibit one’s ability to exercise let alone do high intensity exercise.
This article is really good with specific recommendations showing all the pros and cons and also acknowledging some of the limitations that people with Parkinson's have to deal with while trying to or executing exercise.
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