Exercise Offers Relief from Symptoms of Parkinsons

I thought you could be interested
in seeing a short segment of my
interview with Mary (not her
real name) who offers high
praise for the benefits of exercise. She
reports exercise offers relief from symptoms of
Parkinsons.

Swimming and exercising makes
me feel great. And after I take
glutathione I can walk. I will
go through weeks were I walk
everyday at the park and I swim
and then I go through a week
where I do nothing.

I read on your site, I think it was
one of your newsletters, that
tandem bicycling was great for
Parkinsons patients. So, we
go to the park almost everyday
and rent one of those side by side
tandems. My caregiver drives it
and I pedal along. I walk much
better after that.

I do that everyday that I can. Many
times we go down to the beach
and rent the three-wheelers. The
three-wheelers are helpful.

How much time every day
do you spend on your exercise program?”

Like an hour a day. I had a
yoga person tell me that yoga
helps also.

You definitely notice exercise offers relief
from symptoms of Parkinsons?
difference? When you exercise
you feel better and when you
do not exercise you feel worse?

Exactly. Definitely.

What follows is a report from Taube about her experience with exercising:

I have been increasing the intensity of my exercising and I am doing incredibly better. I just read a book called Spark by John Rately that talks about what exercising does for the brain. It is worth reading I recommend it highly. After reading the book I started increasing the intensity of my workouts and I think it has made a big impact on my recovery.

Taube

Robert Rodgers, Ph.D.
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery