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Fred, I'm not suprised that your neurologist doesn't think that exercise can be beneficial for PD. However, some neurologists do think that it is the "single most beneficial element" To quote Barry Baumel, M.D., and Larry S. Elsner, M.D. Co-Medical Directors, American Parkinson Disease Association, South Florida..."If any single factor within a patients control has an important effect on the *progression* (!!!!!) of neurological disease, it is the performance of exercise on a regular basis." (APDA Newsletter, Number 35, "The Parkinson's Source"). But many medical doctors do not understand the benefits of exercise because that is not their area of expertise! To be fair to the neurologists, I must add that the type and amount of exercise which can be beneficial to PD is still a mateter of speculation. (But I'm working on that one and so are other graduate students around the world). Don't give up...Keep pumping your legs and pumping iron and JUST DO IT! Mark Hirsch --