Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurological disorder that primarily affects movement.It occurs when nerve cells in the brain, particularly those who producing dopamine,become impaired or die. This deficiency of dopamine leads to a range of motor symptoms, impacting mobility and coordination.
The exact cause of parkinson’s disease is remain unknown,but a combination of genetic and environmental factor is believed to play a role. Factors such as aging genetic predisposition, exposure to toxins and certain medications have been implicated in its onset.
Therefore best treatment for Parkinson’s disease is physiotherapy in which Physiotherapist assess the patient and give treatment according to condition.
In Arunalaya healthcare we take full assessment of the patient’s condition and then set a rehabilitation protocol according to the patient’s condition.We work on their strength,balance and indipendence.
Rehabilitation play a crucial role in managing and improving Parkinson’s disease symptoms, functions and quality of life.
We mainly focuses on:-
Balance training or gait training:- Exercise that aim to imporve should we guided by us.We can work with you to understand any issues with balance and teach you ways to compensate.
Manual therapy:- To break the stiffness of the muscles we manual release trigger points with minimal pressure using our hands.
Streching and flexibility:- It’s common with patients of parkinson’s disease to develop tight hip flexor, hamstring,and calf muscles,to break that stiffness it’s good to stretch at frequent intervals throughout the day, rather than just ones.
Strength training:- Muscle weakness is bigger problem with parkinson’s disease.We can make them do resistance exercises with light dumbbells or a resistance band.
