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Roberta I know its not as good as treadmill but I do 2 painless hours a day with my ACTIVcycle which is motorized. 5 minutes on the treadmill now is difficult due to pain. maybe "assisted" exercise would be a future option, if not now. Ray Rayilyn Brown Past Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation -------------------------------------------------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 5:53 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Ankle Pain > Hi Folks, I was diagnosed with PD in '02 at the age of 51. I will be 60 > in July. PD mostly affects my left side. I take Stalevo 100 4 X day, > 100 > mg of Amantadine once daily. Was taking 1mg of Azilect but stopped it > for > surgery. Haven't really noticed any difference. I had a left knee > replacement December '07 which now needs a revision. My problem is every > time I > use the treadmill my left ankle hurts for 3 days. I've gone to my > podiatrist > who said my ankle was collapsing. Spent a lot of $ on orthotics. Used > the treadmill for 20 minutes this past Thursday and my ankle is just > staring > to feel better now. Does anyone have any suggestions so I can keep > exercising without getting this ankle pain? Thanks for your help. > > Roberta Innarella > " > Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and > remove > all doubt." Abraham Lincoln > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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