FINDING THIS USEFULL
FINDING THIS USEFULL.
FROM SOMETHING I'VE JUST READ.
'PARKINSON'S DISEASE CONDITION AND THE ART OF MOVING.'
FREEZING, DIFFICULTY IN MAKING TURNS AND FESTINATING.
TAKING THE FIRST STEP.
WHEN ANY OF THESE OCCUR,
1. STOP,
2. THINK, - NO MULTI-TASKING, FOCUS, CONCENTRATE ON
THE TASK IN HAND.
3. SHIFT WEIGHT, - ONTO ONE FOOT.
4. HEEL FORWARD, - MOVE OFF AND PUT HEEL DOWN FIRST.
IN EXTREME CASSES MY NEED TO TAKE HALF A STEP
BACKWARDS FIRST AND THEN MOVE OFF.
THIS PRACTICE WORKS WONDERFULLY WELL.
GLAD I FOUND THIS.
A MARVELOUS PIECE OF SERENDIPITY. I FEEL BETTER NOW.
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