5 Exercise Routines for Parkinson’s Patients

Parkinson’s disease incidence is very high, especially for people over 55 years old, the incidence rate is even as high as one percent, and because the cause of the disease is still unclear, so the treatment is more difficult, many patients in the treatment of Parkinson’s choose to assist in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, to strengthen the daily life of the exercise. Functional training Parkinson’s action is relatively slow, so encourage patients to wear their own soft, loose clothing to strengthen the upper limb activities and upper and lower limbs with training. For those who have difficulty in getting up by themselves, the head of the bed can be raised, and a rope can be knotted at the end of the bed for the patient to get up by pulling, avoiding soft sofas and concave chairs, and trying to sit on both sides of the armrests, or raising the back of the chair so that there is a certain degree of inclination, which is convenient for getting up. Gait training Many Parkinson’s disease patients’ sense of balance is getting worse and worse, it is recommended that patients have a plan to stand in place every day as well as high leg stepping, standing position, sitting position to do left and right alternating bare back area. Forward and backward stride to move the center of gravity and other movement exercises. When walking, section width and width control can be achieved by adding markers on the floor or by setting up a 5.0-7.5 cm high barrier in front for the patient to cross when walking. Joint movement training The focus of activity training is to strengthen the patient’s stretching muscle range, traction shortening, stiff muscles, family members should help their limbs to do passive movement, activities, gentle and slow movements, to the neck, waist, limbs, joints and muscles to massage the full range of 3-5 times a day, 15-30 minutes each time, try to maintain the range of motion of the joints, and to help turn over regularly to prevent and control complications such as bedsores. Speech and language training Speech training Some Parkinson’s patients have hoarseness, difficulty in pronunciation, unclear speech, you can find a secluded place, relax, stand with eyes closed, pronounce as long as possible, try to amplify the volume, repeat the exercise, read aloud newspapers, novels, etc., or communicate with others, through long-term effective communication to maintain speech function. Facial function training Frowning: Frown as much as possible, then spread your eyebrows, repeat several times. Eye opening and closing exercise. Cheeks exercise: firstly, puff up the cheeks, then try to inhale the cheeks, show teeth and whistle, try to show the teeth, and then make a whistling movement. In front of the mirror, let the face show a smile, laugh, show teeth and smile, pout, whistle, puff your cheeks and other movements.