Awareness Exercise Fun Music Neuroplasticity
Magic moments
Several times a day I wobble but stay upright. These ‘magic moments’ may look alarming, but I celebrate each one of them as a fall I’ve prevented.
Fun Music Nostalgia
My generation
Well that’s it, folks – my three score years and ten are up and my legs don’t work like they used to before. But I still only feel about twenty-three.
Awareness Healthcare Music Support
I can help
If I’m struggling with something, do you step in to help? Or are you afraid you’ll undermine my independence and skill? I say, step right in.
Exercise Music
Lovely daaaaaaaaaaaaaay
If you can meet with Triumph and Dysarthria, and treat those two impostors just the same … why speech therapy and singing are so helpful in the early stages of a Parkinson’s diagnosis.
Fun Music Support
Let’s do it
Are you ready to rumble today? To go fly a kite, or do the Time Warp again? Whatever you choose, I challenge you to say ‘Let’s…’ to at least one other person.
Exercise Music Tech
I got rhythm
Listening to music isn’t just something I do to pass the time. Moving to a rhythm helps me walk tall and run with big strides in a straight line.
Exercise Fun Music
Let’s face the music and dance
They used to say Ginger Rogers was a better dancer than Fred Astaire because she did it backwards and in high heels. So what happens when you add Parkinson’s to the mix? Great things, apparently.
Exercise Music
Sailing by
If you go past my house and hear me shouting ‘Cromarty!’ Rockall!’ ‘Dogger!’ rest assured that I am not harassing a bunch of lively Labradors. I’m training my brain with the Shipping Forecast.