Many people with Parkinson’s disease struggle with speech and swallowing issues. Fortunately, working on your posture and air flow can help ameliorate these symptoms.
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Why Leg Swings?
Leg swings are simple yet powerful dynamic movements that help increase hip flexibility, improve balance, and enhance coordination. By gently moving the legs through a full range of motion, they lubricate the hip joints, reduce stiffness, and promote better body awareness (proprioception).
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Rounded posture and a tucked pelvis often result from Parkinson’s disease. When bending down to pick up something from the floor, people will often bend their knees first, causing pain in their knees and back. This knee pain makes people avoid bending down or doing squats—which is the exact thing we should be doing to help our knees and back. But first, we must relearn how to hinge correctly.
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Rounded shoulders and stooped posture are common symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This can lead to neck, shoulder, and back pain. Routinely counteracting this forward pull and rounding spine is crucial.
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Balance is a complex interaction between many systems in the human body. While walking, we should be turning our head and using our eyes and ears to tell us where we are in space. This is called proprioception.
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