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Ping Pong Parkinson: You’ve Seen the Videos, Now Read the Book!

March 22, 2023 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce | 1 Comment

********** ********** I’ve blogged before (click!  click!  click!) about the table tennis club near where I live in suburban New York.  On Wednesday nights it hosts a gathering of ping […]

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Introducing Levodopa Inhalation Powder (Inbrija)

March 15, 2023 | Bruce, Medications, Parkinson's Disease, Research | Bruce | 2 Comments

********** ********** If you have Parkinson’s and are taking carbidopa-levodopa in a pill form, you may find that after a few years you experience “off” periods where the drug doesn’t

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Update on “Awe Walks”: Try It Inside!

March 1, 2023 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Research | Bruce | 1 Comment

Last May I wrote about “awe walks.”  According to an article in the NY Times, “Consciously watching for small wonders in the world around you during an otherwise ordinary walk

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Compensation Strategies for Gait Impairment

February 24, 2023 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, Research | Bruce

********** ********** Are you a Parkie who sometimes (maybe all the time?) has problems walking?  Do you have more problems, say, walking on a busy street or moving around in

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Donald Trump: Bring Back the Guillotine!

February 14, 2023 | Other People's Stories | Bruce | 1 Comment

********** ********** According to today’s Rolling Stone, Donald Trump wants to increase executions of guilty inmates and perhaps broadcast the executions on public websites.  He’s also thinking about bringing back

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How I Spent My 70th Birthday

February 8, 2023 | Bruce, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease | Bruce | 3 Comments

********** ********** A few days ago I turned 70.  It doesn’t feel any different than, say, turning 45 or 50 – I’m still me. Two events that made the day

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Parkinson Pantheon: Jimmy Choi

February 3, 2023 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce

******** ******** Jimmy Choi is someone I’ve admired for years.  Diagnosed with PD as a young man, he spent many years just sitting on his couch, moping and putting on

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Parkinson Pantheon: Nenad Bach

January 26, 2023 | Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Other People's Stories, Parkinson Pantheon!, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise | Bruce

******** ******** Nenad Bach is the reason why we have Ping Pong Parkinson.  He is a world-class musician who lost the ability to play his many instruments when he came

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Apathy and Parkinson’s Disease

January 21, 2023 | Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, Research | Bruce

******** ******** Here’s a haiku that’s also a joke: The sky is gray milk. I could compose a haiku. But apathy…   The joke is that haiku are supposed to

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Back in the Swim of Things

January 15, 2023 | Bruce, Enriched Environment, Non-Pharmacological Fixes, Parkinson's Disease, Physical Exercise, Research | Bruce

******** ******** I’m back to working out 5 – 6 days/week.  In the pool I’ve been swimming 1,200 meters (about 3/4 of a mile) twice a week, and plan to

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Bruce Ballard

Bruce Ballard

My name is Bruce Ballard. I started this website in February, 2015, to promote an “enriched environment” for people with Parkinson’s disease, including myself. Enjoy!

I'm an official blogger for the 2016 World Parkinson Congress (Portland, Oregon, USA) and the 2019 World Parkinson Congress (Kyoto, Japan). Click on the logo to learn more!

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