Run For Your Lives!
First off, notice how the Nike swoosh on my T-shirt echoes, in a way, the curved blade on the Grim Reaper’s scythe. I wonder if I’m the first person to […]
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Physical Exercise
Running: Cognitive Benefits, Too
The NY Times recently published a pair of articles (click! & click!) that promote running as not only a great aerobic exercise but also a way to strengthen your brain
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Reader Response: Exercise Mindset
Today I am responding via my Reader Response Questions to a webpage and video created by physical therapist Sarah King. This page/video discusses how people with Parkinson’s can motivate themselves
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Sunny Sundays!
In celebration of all things sunny, Parking Suns now features every Sunday a different YouTube music clip about the sun! This week’s entry: Not a song about the sun, but someone named Sunny
Reader Response: Effects of Physical Activity on Parkinson’s Disease
Today I am responding, via my six Reader Response Questions, to a published report titled The Effects of Physical Activity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Review. It was written by Martine
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Parkinson Pantheon Update: Dave Parker
American baseball great Dave Parker was, like me, diagnosed with PD four years ago. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette just posted an article about how he’s dealing with PD at the four-year mark,
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Change #2 After the World Parkinson Congress
Parky points out that post-Portland we should plan more peregrinations. I’m positively powered up for that! There are so many places to hike where we live…. Today let’s check out our town’s recently
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Change #1 After the World Parkinson Congress
As a result of what I learned at the World Parkinson Congress, I’m changing some aspects of my life and on this Parking Suns website. The first change is that I joined
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My Main Take-Aways from the Friday Session on “Exercise as Treatment”
I attended the first two lectures of Friday afternoon’s session, “Exercise as Treatment,” during the closing hours of the World Parkinson Congress. Rather than write up all my notes, I’ll
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Fabulous Fun Fox Foto!
Parky and I love everything about the Michael J. Fox Foundation. It has funded more than $600 million in Parkinson’s research, making it the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research
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