Parkinson’s Exercise: 5 Mistakes That Can Make Movement Harder

You know exercise matters with Parkinson’s. But what happens when you’re trying and exercise still feels almost impossible?

Maybe you work out and feel worse afterward. Maybe your OFF period arrives halfway through. Or maybe one missed workout turns into two, and suddenly your brain decides, “Well, I guess we’re done forever.”

In this episode of Living with Parkinson’s: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality, I share five exercise mistakes that can make movement harder to maintain and sometimes make symptoms feel worse. 5 Exercise mistakes Edited

We talk about:

• Exercising during your worst OFF window instead of looking for a better movement window
• Treating every workout like it has to be a good-day workout
• Ignoring the practical movements that may help with balance and fall prevention
• Telling your doctor “I exercise” without explaining what happens during and afterward
• Letting one bad exercise day become the end of the plan

One idea I especially love is having three versions of exercise:

Good day. Bad day. Minimum day.

Maybe today is the full workout. Maybe it’s ten minutes of stretching. Maybe it’s standing up five times or walking to the end of the driveway.

Modified counts.

Because consistency isn’t about doing the perfect workout every day. Sometimes it’s simply refusing to let a hard Parkinson’s day become a full stop. 5 Exercise mistakes Edited

You’ll also hear Carmen’s Care Partner Corner, where Carmen suggests replacing:

“Did you exercise today?”

with:

“What kind of movement feels possible today?”

And I give you a simple way to explain exercise problems to your doctor or physiotherapist:

“I’m trying to exercise, but I notice it feels harder when ___, and afterward my symptoms seem to ___.” 5 Exercise mistakes Edited

Because with Parkinson’s, the goal isn’t perfect.

The goal is to keep finding a way to move.

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