Yoga and Parkinsons

Submitted by: Sharon Jensen
Category: Self-Care Strategies

This is what happened to me. I am a 66 year old female. My Parkinson's has just in the past few months been getting worse. I freeze when I get up in the morning, my balance is not good, I have painful stiffness most all the time. I went with a girlfriend to a YMCA yoga class. After an hour of what seemed to me to be extreme "not being able to breathe" feelings (sort of like I couldn't catch my breath) and very hard work (the yoga), I told my friend that that was the end of my yoga experience. Never again, I said. But, the next morning, to my great surprise, I got up and all day long had absolutely no Parkinson's symptoms at all. I couldn't believe it. Since then, I have been doing some yoga at home only 2 or 3 days a week and already I can turn my neck from side to side and my walk is much better.

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It is possible,but Iam also same type of problem &trying self Yoga which gives litle relif,may be my techniq is proper as I Never learned from expert.
Submitted by: Dr Kusum Kela
I have been going to a yoga class for over a year with good results. I think yoga cannot be learned from a book or video. It is best to attend a group class for quite a while to learn the basic principles of yoga.
Submitted by: Rozanne Rants
Last week I was given a book titled "Yoga for movement disorders" by Renee Le Verrier. ISBN 978-1-873413-53-1. It's certainly worth taking a look at.
Submitted by: Bill Trewin
I started yoga when I first experienced PD symptoms at age 50. I am now 62 and believe that yoga has been the most helpful exercise I have done to manage my symptoms. Do find a teacher that adapts poses for you. Any form of exercise is helpful for PD. Dancing alone or with a partner is great. Just keep moving!
Submitted by: Marilyn Veomett
my wife throws herseelf around and has tremors and very restless legs during her sleep and doesnt know it !!!! is this PD and will yoga help ?
Submitted by: jack ivers
i find it very encouraging to see that someone else finds yoga helpful. i tried tai chi first but i couldn't benefit from it. when i tried yoga it was definately having a positive effect on my symptoms, especially balance. i am more flexible now than i ever was except when my pills are wearing off. one thing i learned about learning yoga is that you do need to find a good teacher or book or video, something that inspires you. i preferred a book because i felt pressure in class to perform and i didnt have the focus that i get when i practise on my own. and to be careful because you can really damage something like in any other activity. if it doesn't feel good you are doing something wrong. adjust yourself until you are comfortable before you stretch.
Submitted by: p l
For more than five years I have been doing yoga with a group of mostly women/ The twice a week sessions funded by the MS society. They let me in even though I have pd. I simply can't force myself to do yoga at home. The great thing about the class for me is that it's adaptive--we don't twist into pretzles and hold the pose for 30 minutes. We work hard, but within our range of abilities. Yoga helps overall health. I try to exercise enough so that I can be as heALTHY as possible, except for having an incurable progressive brain disease. (I try to keep a sense of humor about it too.)
Submitted by: Rick Hermann
Ho ho, who woudla thunk it, right?
Submitted by: Rosalinda


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