It is difficult to believe that in the over 100 episodes of the Parkinson's Experience, we have not talked extensively about gait and balance. Gait and balance is something a lot of us Parkies face at some point in our journey. This symptom can be very scary and life limiting and, therefore, important. Why does this happen and what can we do? I spoke with a researcher in this space, Dr. Dan Peterson, who has a lab and studies people with movement disorders and making some progress on finding some help. The discussion is next. Stay tuned.
Resources:
FOG tricks & hacks paper :
https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000201159
Mancini article about gait:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41531-025-00897-1
Nice presentation by Bas Bloem (leading expert in PD, on the benefits of exercise generally for PD):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6d0J81VomY
https://gaitandbalancelab.asu.edu/
https://www.dbsandme.com/en.html
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