Regardless of the time of year, finding the right exercises for your body is always a good idea. Especially when you are living with Parkinson’s. Whatever fitness level you are starting from, building healthy habits to move your body can bring significant benefits for your body and mind.
Parkinson’s Europe’s YouTube channel offers a fantastic collection of exercise videos for people with Parkinson’s, including the Keep ON Moving playlist, devised by Parkinson’s Europe with company partner BIAL to help people with Parkinson’s work out at home.
You can also find ExerciseCast, a series of videos created by Parkinson’s Europe Board President and physiotherapist Josefa Domingos and speech and language therapist John M. Dean. This physiotherapy-focused playlist aims to help people with Parkinson’s exercise from the comfort of their own homes. And for those who are short on time, Helen Osbourne’s yoga for Parkinson’s video is just seven minutes long.
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If you prefer to try some of the exercises without video, or using your own music, you can also try our Parkinson’s exercise audio files and worksheets. To ease in, you can see physiotherapist and Parkinson’s Europe President Josefa Domingos explaining the benefits of exercise or listen to our podcast before getting started.
Our round up of some of the best exercise videos for people with Parkinson’s
Physical Amplitude Work-Out
Duration: 8:42
This easy-to-follow workout with Josefa includes large amplitude moves and cognitive capacity.
Arms and legs working and thinking together
Duration: 6:33
This session uses five simple movements to target large amplitude, rhythm, speed of response, selective attention and memory.
Brain exercise
Duration: 7:38
Follow along as Josefa takes you through exercises to work your motor planning, focused attention, memory, and dual task capacity.
Daily-life moves dance-like exercise
Duration: 5:44
A head-to-toe workout in less than six minutes, to help improve motor planning, focused attention, memory, and dual task capacity.
Breath and voice exercise
Duration: 10:21
Take ten minutes to work on your voice production, focus, memory and posture.
The ABC of sitting to standing
Duration: 13:26
Join Josefa to break down sitting and standing into step-by-step tasks, hleping you feel steadier when getting up and strengthening your limbs.
Grasping for the word
Duration: 11:12
Work on your upper limb amplitude movement with these seated twisting and reaching exercises, while also improving voice and language production.
Transition with the pillow
Duration: 10:20
A ten-minute session to help with sitting and standing, strengthen, and boost overall physical capacity.
How to take the 1st step
Duration: 11:18
This session breaks down the sometimes challenging task of standing and taking a step, while improving focus, mental calculation, and strength.
Moving chair to chair
Duration: 10:45
Grab three chairs and work on skills required to move from seat to seat, practising large amplitude lateral stepping, transitions in sitting and divided attention.
Visit Parkinson’s Europe’s sports and exercise hub for more information and advice
