{"id":7617,"date":"2019-01-26T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitproblog.mysites.io\/exercise-helps-parkinsons-patients\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:54:21","slug":"exercise-helps-parkinsons-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/exercise-helps-parkinsons-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise helps Parkinson&#8217;s patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prescribing exercise for Parkinson\u2019s clients is one of the most rewarding things you could ever do as an Exercise Professional. It has the potential to really change the course of someone\u2019s disease and improve their quality of life. However, to be effective, trainers need to be prepared to operate in a world of complexity and variability. Neurological exercise\u00a0specialist, Grant Bones, shares insight is one of his exercise classes. Grant delivers sessions at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neuroactivefitness.co.uk\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neuroactive Fitness<\/a> in Cheshire.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exercises were designed for the individuals, in this short video, on that particular training day. My advice would: consider mindset; be creative; keep things fun, and familiarise yourselves with the symptoms you can\u2019t see as well as those you can.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PnZvHCHLc1s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Exercise 1:<\/strong>Boxing Pads to improve: coordination; hand speed; accuracy, and to generate powerful movements. It\u2019s also a fabulous way to incorporate cardio intervals into the session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise 2:<\/strong>Target Hopscotch: An agility ladder, beanbags and some form of target delivers a difficult and fairly high intensity exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise 3:<\/strong>American Football Drills to get those feet moving quickly. \u00a0Working on: balance; coordination; directional changes; cardio; power, and accuracy in the throw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise 4:<\/strong>Smovey Brain Training &#8211; which is an active version of patting your head whilst rubbing your tummy. Switch sides regularly and it\u2019s great for the brain and a great laugh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise 5:<\/strong>This is a multi-tasking exercise that combines a bunch of other exercises and targets coordination, balance and strength.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise 6:<\/strong>Plain old sit-ups with a ball to distract from the plain old sit-ups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exercise 7:<\/strong>Riverstones with Bow &amp; Arrow Fingers. This incorporates a balance exercise with a great cognitive activity I picked up from Dr Susie Gronski.<\/p>\n<h2>Would you like to be skilled in prescribing exercise for Parkinson&#8217;s patients? Enrol on the FitPro education Parkinson&#8217;s course today and start to impact lives. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/courses\/index.cfm\/fuseaction\/home.Course\/courseid\/47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> for more information.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Where next? \u00a0<\/i><strong>Read about the\u00a0detrimental waiting times for\u00a0mental health patients<\/strong><i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/index.php\/detrimental-waiting-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prescribing exercise for Parkinson\u2019s clients is one of the most rewarding things you could ever&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2980,35],"tags":[530,518,1568,1814,1815,1816,1520,89,1817],"class_list":{"0":"post-7617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-exercise-video-library","8":"category-personal-training","9":"tag-exercise","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-fitpro-education","12":"tag-grant-bones","13":"tag-neuroactive-fitness","14":"tag-parkinsons-pro-course","15":"tag-parkinsons","16":"tag-personal-training","17":"tag-special-conditions"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10111,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7617\/revisions\/10111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}