Watch, then read.
1. Watch:
Quote from video:
[Parkinson’s disease] doesn’t have to be negative.
2. Read: Exercise and Parkinson’s Disease: What’s New?
Quote from reading:
NPF’s Parkinson’s Outcomes Project team studied the effects of exercise on a large cohort of 3,000 patients. Interestingly, exercising and exercising earlier in the disease revealed improvements in quality of life. They found that the sooner you start exercising, the greater the quality of life benefit. It didn’t matter what exercise patients were doing, the essential finding was, start now!
I am impressed by anybody over the age of 50 who runs a marathon. And to think she also shuffles her leg as a person with Parkinson’s. At least she did at some point. It seems in the video that that symptom is no more. Incredible story.