Climbing is one of the more recent Olympic sports, and has become much more popular in the last few years. Climbing can help a whole range of Parkinson’s symptoms, both motor (improving freezing, reducing tremor, helping with posture, and more) and non-motor, such as decision-making skills and improving mood – completing a climb can give a wonderful confidence boost!
Parkinson’s climbing articles
Could climbing help people with Parkinson’s disease reach new heights?
Researchers in Vienna, Austria, have found that sport climbing may help people with Parkinson’s to “significantly” improve their posture
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Keen climber won’t let Parkinson’s beat him
A new film shows how a climber with Parkinson’s is determined to keep climbing
