Karen Frank
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I love to ski and so did my father, who also had PD. He was diagnosed at age 51 and skiied until he was 70! He used to call his Sinemet his Go-Fast pills. There is a Parkinsons ski retreat each year of MLK week at Breckenridge – the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC). Some ski with adaptations, and others do not need as many. You stay in an awesome log cabin with others with PD, and enjoy skiing with the BOEC, instructors, and volunteers. You get to cut all the lines as well, and they ski in front and behind you to keep you safe. Even the most advanced PD folks can ski with modifications… from outriggers to monoskiis. We look forward to coming back year after year, so please join us next year, assuming Coronovirus allows. This year was cancelled. Stay active and stay skiing!
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you may want to try outriggers on your arms – they take 60% of the work out of turning and really make it easier. You may need a lesson or two with them, but it’s well worth it!