How can exercise help you manage your Parkinson’s symptoms?
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Harvard Health Blog: Regular Exercise Changes Brain to Improve Memory & Thinking Skills
This article explains some of the ways that exercise changes the brain to protect memory and thinking skills.
NIH / PubMed: Beneficial Effects of Physical Exercise on Neuroplasticity and Cognition
This link leads to a research article that suggested physical exercise may contribute to an individual's capacity to respond to new demands by changing their behaviors and learning new skills.
Aaptiv: How Can Exercise Benefit Those With Parkinson’s Disease?
This article explains how exercise can help slow the progression of Parkinson's disease and improve your balance, coordination, and gait.
Brian Grant Foundation: How Mindfulness Helps Parkinson’s
This website explains how incorporating mindfulness is a helpful tool for people with Parkinson's and includes step-by-step instruction on getting started.
NIH / PubMed: Exercise Improves Efficacy of Levodopa in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
This research article details a study that found moderate exercise to increase the efficacy of the pharmaceutical Levodopa.
Parkinson’s News Today: Intense Exercise Helps Early Parkinson’s Patients Retain Motor Skills
Parkinson’s News Today is a digital platform intended to provide the Parkinson’s disease community with the most recent news and information on Parkinson’s, as well as first-hand community perspectives from our patient and caregiver columnists.