Thread: Can exercise do for Parkinson's patients what medicine can't?
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Old 02-08-2008, 05:42 AM
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Default I think we need to find what is good for us individually
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Originally Posted by CTenaLouise View Post
yes - absolutely it can
but not in all cases...
some of the youngonset PD patients I have met, do very poorly -
my friend who passed away this summer at the age of 34 , tried, but the downward spiral was too extreme...
I agree with you dear Tena but one shoud try ... and try hard ..
Also find out what type of exercise and how long ..
I experimented with pillates, yoga, tai chi, walking and home cycling..
Now I mostly do an hour of yoga and 25 mins of cycling followed by cold shower .. I am not young but I am sticking to this because apart from PD it has its own reward .. I confess I have no objective measure of what it is doing to my PD..
God bless you all
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