Update: My Battle(s) with Falling and Festinating Gait
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * In January this year, I wrote about how I was starting to experience festinating gait when […]
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Physical Exercise
My First Fall
A few weeks ago I fell. It was my first official fall as a person with Parkinson’s disease, because slipping on black ice in a pre-dawn parking lot doesn’t count.
Back in the Gym of Things
I returned to my local New York Sports Club today, for the first time in, gosh, has it really been over a year? But I desperately need what the gym
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It’s Parkinson’s Awareness Month. What Are You Doing?
As almost all of us are still housebound thanks to Covid, one thing we can still do is participate in Parkinson’s research projects that we can complete at home. On
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Double Whammy: Parkinson’s Disease & Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension (nOH)
I was delighted to be asked to spread the word on my blog about a secondary condition many Parkies will face: Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension (nOH). What is nOH? Let’s copy-and-paste
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Festinating Gait? Begone!
I lived as a happy-go-lucky Parkie for the first six years. My symptoms were mostly mild and easy to joke about. (Poop joke: What do New Yorkers call a bird
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Typical Parkie Question. Atypical Answer.
Fill out practically any questionnaire as a person with Parkinson’s disease, and you inevitably hit the question, “Do you need help buttoning your clothes when you get dressed in the
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Ping-Pong Parkinson’s: Humanity Above Winning
Here’s another great video showcasing the growing awareness worldwide that ping-pong helps Parkies control and reduce their symptoms. In the upcoming years there are world championships for Parkinson Ping-Pong players,
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Nenad, Who Plays Ping-Pong
Nenad Bach is a world-renowned musician who also has Parkinson’s disease. He found that playing ping-pong reversed some of his symptoms, and he is the driving force behind Ping Pong
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How I’m Keeping Fit During the Covid-19 Pandemic
As a person with Parkinson’s disease, I suffered a setback once the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and both my gym and my town’s terrific indoor swimming pool closed. Ditto the ping-pong
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