This fall PMD Alliance hosted a mini webinar series on Pre-habilitating Parkinson’s Disease.  Pre-habilitating means proactively addressing potential issues rather than reacting after they happen.  This miniseries seeks to provide you with the tools to give you more control and a greater sense of peace when it comes to imagining the future – and it is a good one!

This summer, the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) hosted a webinar on how to be optimistic with Parkinson’s disease (PD), featuring Bill Rasmussen.  In the webinar, Bill, diagnosed with PD in 2014, explained how he manages his life with optimism and described how optimism can be contagious with your family members.  He shared examples of various exercises and activities that he performs to not let PD get in the way of his life.  We at Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach are sharing our notes for this webinar.

This is the second of three webinars in a new “Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: Your PD Exercise Toolkit” series by the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA).  The speaker is a physical therapist with the APDA National Rehabilitation Resource Center for Parkinson’s Disease (PD).  The focus of the Thursday, November 18th webinar is how to plan your fitness program so you know how often to exercise and how hard to work. 

Everyone should exercise for physical and mental well-being. But being active is particularly important for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD).  A recent PD Active webinar focused on the effects of exercise on Parkinson’s disease, including motor function improvement, cognitive function improvement, neuro-transmitters equilibrium, and oxidative stress reduction.  We at Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach attended the webinar and are sharing our notes below.