Most people with Parkinson’s disease have gait disturbances, which are divided into two conditions: one is persistent, which manifests as gait dragging, inability to walk with normal foot lift, along with no arm swing and no synergistic movement of the upper limbs. The other is paroxysmal, which manifests as gait freezing (patients feel their feet are glued to the floor, which may lead to falls), panic gait (small broken steps forward, difficulty in turning and crossing doorways, and inability to stop in time), which seriously affects the quality of life. Today, we share the problems related to the appearance of gait disorders in Parkinson’s disease patients, and we hope it will be helpful to our fellow Parkinsonians! (A) What happens when freezing gait occurs? 1.After a period of rest, when preparing to start. 2.When walking (especially when crossing the threshold, entering the elevator or escalator and turning around). 3.When the patient is in an anxious mood. 4.May be related to taking medications to control the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. (B) What to do if gait disturbance occurs during walking? 1.Breathe deeply and stay calm. 2.First determine the goal to go, stabilize your emotions, and focus your attention. 3.Walk with your heel on the ground first, then your toes on the ground, and then take the next step after shifting your weight to one foot. At the same time, the arms try to swing with it. 4.When you have a “freezing gait”, you can imagine that there is a horizontal line on the ground in front of you, step your foot over the line and walk slowly one step at a time. 5. You can give yourself encouragement and confidence to overcome your nervousness. (3) How can Parkinson’s disease patients improve their gait disorder? 1.Remind yourself of the code word for striding. Such as an object that can be stepped over, a line on the floor or walking to the rhythm of music. 2.You can face a mirror, adjust your body position, look ahead, swing your arms dramatically, raise your bilateral lower limbs interactively, and do in-situ stepping movements to pave the way for normal walking. 3.Set up obstacles in a small space to encourage patients to overcome psychological barriers to step forward. 4.Decompose the walking action and try to land heel first when walking. 5.Give yourself psychological encouragement, believe that you can do it. 6.When walking, do not answer the phone, must be fully focused, when you focus on one thing, you will often get twice the result with half the effort. 7, balance exercise: due to Parkinson’s disease patients with impaired postural reflexes, walking fast forward, easy to fall when encountering obstacles or sudden stop, so balance training is needed. At first you can sit and exercise, gradually transition to an upright, unsupported position. In the training, you can use verbal instructions, music, hand clapping, mirrors, marks on the ground and other means to assist patients to carry out rhythmic, alternating movements. For example, standing with feet 25-30cm apart, shifting the center of gravity to the left and right and back and maintaining balance; striding movements to the front and back; left and right rotation of the trunk and pelvis and the consequent large swing of the upper limbs; repeated throwing and picking back objects; motor transformation training including bed turning, getting in and out of bed, switching from sitting to standing and from bed to chair, etc.