Parkinson’s
disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system, affects your movement,
causing stiffness in your muscles and tremors in your hands.
According to the Mayo
Clinic, “Over time, Parkinson’s disease may reduce your ability to move
and slow your movement, making simple tasks difficult and time-consuming. Your
steps may become shorter when you walk, or you may find it difficult to get out
of a chair. Also, you may drag your feet as you try to walk, making it more
difficult to move.”
With this disease, even small movements become a challenge.
At Conshohocken Physical Therapy in Conshohocken, however, Parkinson patients
are encouraged to think big. Physical therapy has been proven as a great way
for these patients to gain more functional independence.
Dr. Jory Davis, who is a LSVT-certified specialist, leads
her patients struggling with Parkinson’s symptoms on a journey to relearn how
to create normal movements. She becomes a partner with her patients and their
families to help them combat and manage the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. As
a patient’s condition changes, their treatment program will be adjusted to help
them be as independent and as active as possible.
“With high amplitude and intensity, they are able to make
bigger movements, move quicker and be able to do activities they weren’t able
to do before.”
“Parkinson patients might have a freezing spell going from sitting to standing. We want to help break that cycle of being frozen.”
She added that the exercises promote neuroplasticity which
refers to the brain’s ability to reorganize itself.
“It is just very rewarding to see how much change is
possible in such a short time,” she said. “To help them discover how they can
fight through the disease. To see a patient walking slowly shuffling their feet
first coming into the office and then later coming in walking faster with a big
small on their face.”-Update by Physiotherapy Jobs Portal
News Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/health/Physical_therapy_helps_Parkinsons_patients_think_big.html
Link for Parkinson’s Physiotherapy Treatment Guidelines: http://www.appde.eu/pdfs/Dutch%20Parkinson's%20Physiotherapy%20Guidelines.pdf
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-International and National Physiotherapy Jobs.
Physiotherapy Jobs Portal is a registered recruitment service for Indian Physiotherapists.
(Service Tax Code & Registration number: DSFPS4451BSD001)
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