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Exercise can help manage Parkinson's disease symptoms and improve quality of life. It can be as important as taking medication.

Here are some types of exercise that can help with Parkinson's:

  • Aerobic exercise

    Improves cardiovascular fitness and can help with balance, strength, and gait. Examples include walking, cycling, or swimming.

  • Strength training

    Improves muscle strength. Examples include using handheld weights, weight machines, or resistance bands.

  • Balance, agility, and multitasking activities

    Improves balance, posture, and postural stability. Examples include dance, yoga, tai chi, or boxing.

  • Stretching activities

    Improves muscle stiffness. Examples include dynamic stretching or deep breathing.

Some tips for exercising with Parkinson's include:

  • Aim for 2.5 hours of physical activity per week.

  • Push yourself to be active.

  • Make physical activity part of your daily routine.

  • Choose exercises that seem right for you.

  • Stretch slowly without bouncing or jerking.

  • Hold the stretch in a comfortable position long enough for the muscles to relax.

  • Avoid pain.

  • Breathe naturally.

Programs

Dancing with Parkinson’s aims to bring people living with Parkinson's disease and seniors out of isolation and into an artistic community where they can dance and connect with others.

DAILY DANCE CONNECT at 11:00am - 11:30am EST Other Zoom classes available

Scheduled classes / Various locations & times

www.dancingwithparkinsons.com

Using the Dance for PD® Method as its foundation, our research-backed classes helps with with gait, coordination, flexibility, mood and cognition.

Singing Loud PD Choir

Registration for January 2025 is now open!

https://www.signaturetherapy.ca/get-started

About the Choir

The choir is a 12-week singing program designed to enhance respiratory functions for

individuals experiencing Parkinson's Disease.

During The Parkinson Choir, you will:

  • Engage in a 12-week therapeutic program designed to help people with Parkinson’s sing and speak louder

  • Participate in weekly sessions lasting for 1-hour

  • Practice breathing and vocal exercises to improve vocal loudness and clarity while speaking

  • Sing songs chosen by you and other group members

  • Feel more confident with your voice in social situations

  • Expect to have fun and connect with others

The choir will run weekly from Friday, January 10, 2025, to Friday, March 28, 2025, at 12:30-1:30 EST

Singing can help people with Parkinson's disease in many ways, including:

  • Improving communication

    Singing can help people with Parkinson's disease improve their vocal production, pitch, duration, and sound intensity. This can help them communicate better with loved ones and care partners.

  • Reducing stress

    Singing can help reduce anxiety and low mood by lowering stress hormones and increasing endorphins.

  • Strengthening muscles

    Singing engages the muscles in your face, vocal apparatus, and respiratory system. This can help strengthen the muscles you use to swallow, breathe, and cough.

  • Improving quality of life

    Singing can help people with Parkinson's disease feel a sense of belonging and camaraderie with others.

https://livingbetterwithparkinsons.ca/#

Collingwood

Wasaga

Indoor go Tai Chi Bowling Caregivers Coffee and Friendship Parkinson’s Support Group Coffee and Friends Dance Fit Parkinson’s Group Exercise Cycle Fit Parkinson’s Group Aqua Fit Dancing Boxing Pickleball

ttps://passionforparkinsons.org

Classes

https://rocksteadyboxing.org/

Our Mission

The mission of Rock Steady Boxing is to equip our affiliates and empower coaches to improve the quality of life for people with Parkinson’s Disease through a non-contact, boxing-based fitness curriculum.

Our Mission and Vision

Mission: Changing lives with proven therapies.

https://www.lsvtglobal.com/IdaIndexLSVT

LSVT LOUD is a speech therapy program designed to help people with Parkinson’s improve vocal loudness, clarity, and communication. It involves intensive training with certified therapists to retrain the brain for stronger, more natural speech.

LSVT BIG is a movement therapy program for people with Parkinson’s, designed to improve walking, balance, and everyday movements. It uses intensive, high-amplitude exercises to help individuals move more confidently and with greater control.

Social

A GTA Parkinson Cycling club - We are the Rigid Riders. - We are a group of people living with Parkinson’s Disease who have chosen a different path and decided to fight back. - We cycle. Cycling has proven health benefits for people living with Parkinson’s Disease. - Our members cover the full range of cycling abilities and many of us have not cycled since we were kids.

http://www.rigidriders.ca/

Sundays from May to Septmber