What about leg weakness in Parkinson’s disease?

  Parkinson’s mainly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people.4 The disease is insidious and develops slowly, mainly manifesting resting tremor, increased muscle tone and motor retardation, impaired movement of the mouth, pharynx and palate muscles, resulting in slow speech, low monotone voice, salivation, etc. In severe cases, swallowing is difficult.  After deep brain electrical stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease, 99.2%. of symptoms improve, but a small percentage of patients report problems with walking with weakness in both legs, especially in patients with rigid Parkinson’s disease. This is due to the poor muscle strength of the legs after the reduction of the originally abnormally high muscle tone after surgery, which can lead to the phenomenon of weakness in standing of the lower limbs. However, there is no need to worry, as the weakness can be gradually improved later by rehabilitation exercises to improve the leg strength. Deep brain electrical stimulation surgery treatment for patients with high muscle tone problems can be very good improvement, after reducing muscle tone muscle strength problems also need to adhere to rehabilitation exercises.  Poor muscle strength training methods: 1, squatting horse stance: twice a day, once for 1-5 minutes (Taijiquan is the best choice) 2, air pedal bicycle: twice a day, once for 1-5 minutes In addition, the best balance of Parkinson’s disease exercise points Adherence to moderate exercise is beneficial to Parkinson’s disease, there are a number of clinical trials have been verified its role, in addition to the improvement of clinical function scores, even in the brain function imaging The benefits of exercise on dopamine neurons have also been shown in several clinical trials. Exercise also improves the efficacy of dopamine preparations such as Medobar in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The American Academy of Neurologists has also confirmed its recommendation that exercise be included as a basic adjunctive therapy for Parkinson’s disease.  Exercise modalities include aerobic exercise, including small to moderate endurance exercises, stretching exercises, such as stretching exercises in radio gymnastics, and strength exercises, such as those done with dumbbells and other equipment. Taijiquan is also recommended because it is good for balance. In fact, there is no unified exercise program for Parkinson’s disease, and which exercise method to perform can vary from person to person, depending on the actual family situation and personal preference. 20-30 minutes per day or every other day. The key is to be consistent. Studies have shown that the benefits of exercise for Parkinson’s disease disappear with the interruption of exercise.