Claudio

As far as I know, dyskinesia is a side effect of over dosage of levodopa, not a symptom of PD, but I would welcome a more competent answer!

I enjoy swimming. Unfortunately since I got the PD, I can’t swim as I did before (until my age of 59 I used to swim 40 50 mts laps, no stop, mostly crawl). Now, almost 65, diagn. 4 1/2 yrs ago, even when covered from L/C, I can’t swim more than 10 15 mts laps no stop.
What is your swimming routine? Do you know of anyone with PD that can  swim…[Read more]

I joined this forum, because I think that sharing experiences about PD may be helpful in coping with the disease. PD, the poor release of dopamine, is a matter of brain. I wouldn’t be surprised if, sharing experiences, habits, info, tricks, one day someone finds out a way – an exercise, a trick, a behaviour – to make brain release dopamine apart…[Read more]

May be I’m wrong, but I think it’s not so difficult to assess the progression of Parkinson. If you really want to know it, there is the UPDRS scale (Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale), that you can do at intervals of time and you can almost complete on your own. Apart from that, you can invent some “proxies” to have some answers . I…[Read more]

Symptoms fluctuation is an “intriguing” issue for me. Because, I think, the more I understand how symptoms fluctuation works, the better can be my quality of life.
I see 2 different types of fluctuations: the “unexpected ” and the predictable. Than I split the former in
>Negative fluctuations, possibly due to some delays (food conflicts? emotional…[Read more]

I hope so, though treadmill (an aerobic exercise surely good for maintaining good gait amplitude and balance) is something I use more in winter and is one of several items I have in my “portfolio of physical activities exercises” that I use, in order to remain motivated.

I enjoy treadmill in the gym. I usually set 5%, 5 km/h, 30 minutes, once a week. The big advantege for me is also that you can put a tablet or a smartphone in front of you, so you don’t get bored. I enjoyed so much that I am planning to buy a treadmill to use at home.

Reggio Emilia, Italy

Hi Jean,
I come to your points:
Exercise: I think that we all agree there is no ground for a debate. All studies and clinical tests confirm benefit of phisical exercise (possibly vigorous and intense) as far as “no drugs” treatments are concerned. I too spend 10-15 minutes every morning for some stretching and muscles workoutl. In addition to…[Read more]