Recent research findings have shown that a minority of clients with Parkinson\u2019s do fine without any form of rehabilitation. \u00a0However, the majority of studies have shown that clients improved in their ability to do daily living activities in response to physical therapy rehabilitation. \u00a062% of research participants who received physical therapy intervention had a successful outcome relative to 38% of the participants in the control group who had a successful outcome. \u00a0(Murphy & Tickle-Degnen, 2011). \u00a0In another research project, Tests Predict Falls in Parkinson\u2019sPatients, published in the June 23, 2010 issue of Neurology<\/i>, looked at 101 Parkinson\u2019s patients who were able to walk without aids. \u00a0They tested for symptoms such as visual function, balance, gait, strength, reaction time and proprioception. \u00a0Those who did poorly on the balance tests, mobility tests and coordinating multi-joint movements were more prone to falls (42%).<\/p>\n
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People with minor motor system disorders to severe disorders will find that physical therapy can help with the rigidity, slow movement patterns, postural instability, impaired balance and coordination that seem to evolve along with this disease. \u00a0The physical therapist will evaluate for Functional Gait Testing, Functional Reach Testing, Timed Get Up and Go Test, Bed mobility screening and orthopedic evaluations for mobility and strength.<\/p>\n
After the evaluation, the physical therapist may set up a specific exercise or movement lesson that uses high amplitude movements that overcome bradykinesia and hypokinesia (activating excessively slow motion).<\/p>\n
My personal experience with Parkinson\u2019s patients is one of inquiry, fun and resolution. \u00a0We even use dance as a means of increasing balance and coordination. \u00a0When it is a mobility problem like getting out of bed, the physical therapist will create a home program with specific exercises for your needs. \u00a0When it is a postural instability issue, we will work with balance\/gait on different surfaces as well as strengthening for your back, legs, abdomen and torso.<\/p>\n
Let the field of physical therapy evaluate and assess what we can do for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Recent research findings have shown that a minority of clients with Parkinson\u2019s do fine without any form of rehabilitation. \u00a0However, the majority of studies have shown that clients improved in their ability to do daily living activities in response to physical therapy rehabilitation. \u00a062% of research participants who received physical therapy intervention had a successful outcome relative to 38% of the participants in the control group who had a successful outcome. \u00a0(Murphy & Tickle-Degnen, 2011). \u00a0In another research project, Tests Predict Falls in Parkinson\u2019sPatients, published in the June 23, 2010 issue of Neurology, looked at 101 Parkinson\u2019s patients who were able to walk without aids. \u00a0They tested for symptoms such as visual function, balance, gait, strength, reaction time and proprioception. \u00a0Those who did poorly on the balance tests, mobility tests and coordinating multi-joint movements were more prone to falls (42%). People with minor motor system disorders to severe disorders will find that physical therapy can help with the rigidity, slow movement patterns, postural instability, impaired balance and coordination that seem to evolve along with this disease. \u00a0The physical therapist will evaluate for Functional Gait Testing, Functional Reach Testing, Timed Get Up and Go Test, Bed mobility screening and orthopedic evaluations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72],"tags":[92,142,145],"class_list":["post-8990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditions","tag-parkinsons","tag-physical-therapists","tag-physical-therapy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}