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Again, I did not write the article on exercise and PD - I found it on a blog and no author was named. I agree totally, however, and can attest that for the first time in my life I actually want to be able to exercise. My fall in April on my tailbone has kept me from treadmilling and walking in my pool because any kind of exercise makes my back worse. No broken bones were found, but evey day my back hurts in a sliightly different place. When I was first diagnosed in 1996 I could treadmill for an hour. Rats!!! Ray Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Swinburn, Peter" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Exercise and PD > Thank you very much for this valuable insight into how you manage your > PD. My father has had PD for a few years now. My mother has worked with > him and progressed through experiementing with the number of drugs > available for so called treatment of PD. > > The only approach that provides consistent and valuable results is > regular exercise (it has to be daily), yoga and massage. The other key > piece of the management puzzle is diet. While dad will occassionally > have treats such as pizza, coffee, fries etc, the small treats in life, > they have to be a very small part of his diet. If he lapses back to a > normal non-PD person's life of irregular or no exercise and increased > intake of processed food and coffee, he suffers a great deal. And as my > mum is the sole carer, her job becomes so much harder. > > > It is so difficult to see folks in their retirement years having to work > so hard at just trying to function, when these years should be spent > experiencing the life so hard saved for, however, ignoring it only makes > a bad situation worse. > > Thanks again for posting this information. > > Regards > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of rayilynlee > Sent: Sunday, 28 September 2008 10:31 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Exercise and PD > > Exercise and Parkinson Disease > September 27, 2008 > Exercise is the most important component for beating Parkinson's > Disease. I can reiterate this enough. Please if you are diagnosed with > Parkinson's Disease do not give up exercising, if you were not > exercising before your diagnosis get up and start exercising. If you > have had Parkinson's Disease for any length of time it is not too late > get moving. When you are so stiff and feel you can not move then move > force yourself to move. There is a theory out there that exercising at a > high rate of speed will regenerate the dopamine receptors in your brain. > I have had Parkinson's Disease now for 21 years. At one point in my > disease I made a decision that Parkinson's was not going to beat me. I > exercise every day, I also walk 4 miles a day and most of it is up hill. > ( I Iive in the mountains of East Tennessee) When I am stiff I get out > and I force myself to move. I do not have the equipment to exercise at a > high rate of speed but I do run down hill as much as possible and make > do with what I have at my disposal to exercise. I feel for me that > exercise is the most important element in beating Parkinson's Disease. I > know that there are pieces of equipment out there that would probably > help me exercise at a higher rate of speed but I do not have the > financial means to acquire these and I know most people that are > diagnosed with Parkinson' > Disease will also not have that means. But that should not prevent us > from working as hard as we can to exercise. We just have to be as > creative as possible with our exercising. And I challenge anyone with > Parkinson's Disease to get creative in beating Parkinson's Disease. If > you don't succeed today work at it again tomorrow. Remember only when > you feel it is hopeless then it will be. If you need some one to talk to > email me. If you need some one to bounce things off email me. I have had > Parkinson's Disease now for 21 years almost 22 years to be honest. And I > will be honest my family wanted me to give up and collect social > security but my wife put it this way. Look there are quads that are > working full time jobs get off your butt and get busy. Granted there are > some out there that have Parkinson's Disease worse than I do. We are all > different but for all of us exercise is extremely important. Please > understand that exercise is extremely important if you have Parkinson's > Disease. > > Source: Unknown > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn