The slow food movement, founded in Italy in the 1980s, is well established; it stands for high quality, diverse, natural foods that are preferably sourced locally. All power to them. But I’m thinking of setting up a slow eating movement, and I am sure it would attract many people with Parkinson’s.
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Noise and Parkinson’s
It is frequently commented that Parkinson’s disease leads to a softening of the voice. For example, see the blog named A soft voice in a noisy world. But I don’t find so much written about the second half of that blog, that is, the effect of noise on Parkinson’s patients.
Continue readingTai chi for Parkinson’s disease
People sometimes ask what it feels like to have Parkinson’s disease. It’s really difficult to describe. Parkinson’s is ever-present but does not cause me acute physical distress – not at the moment anyway. The only physical pain I sometimes get is in the back of the neck, especially when I’m walking or when I’ve been sitting for some time. The body strains to keep everything going, but that strain to communicate from brain to limb seems to get clogged in the neck and the dull pain prevents me from relaxing. Something similar happens with my exercise bike: nice comfy seat, large pedals, supporting bars and handlebars… but the optimum cycling position becomes a pain in the neck after a couple of minutes and forces me to punctuate the cycling with moments of supporting my neck.
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