Every day there seems to be an article about exercise and the effect on Parkinson’s. The overwhelming concensus is that it boosts the brain through lots of ways including increased mitochondria and more efficient dopamine usage.
It also counters one of the main non-motor symptoms – fatigue. I’ve noticed that I really struggle to “get going” these days and thinking back it’s been a factor for a while. I originally ascribed it to my trolley leg, and thought that I was sulking about not being able to run (yeah, sulking. At my age!). Studies suggest that exercise slows the progression of the disease. When my symptoms first started to show I was, even by most standards, fairly fit. And this makes me wonder whether I would have suffered from some of other symptoms of Parkinson’s earlier, which would have put me on a different pathway, and probably given me additional challenges which, hopefully, the exercise I do now will push further into the future.
Exercise is good for you. I know it’s good for me.
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