How tai chi could slow symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Live MintParkinson’s disease can significantly affect a person’s movement, causing stiffness, shaking, and balance and coordination problems. Now, a new study has found that tai chi, a Chinese martial art, could slow the progression of motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in the long term. Any type of neuromotor exercise where you’re moving, thinking, and coordinating your body, a lot of those types of exercise modalities are recommended for Parkinson’s disease, such as dance, boxing, table tennis,” senor brain health coach, Ryan Glatt, told Medical News Today. for balance symptoms or gait disorders in Parkinson’s disease, the improvement is minimal while using dopaminergic drug therapies,” he added. Speaking to Medical News Today, Chen also said that, more research has shown that sports, including tai chi, could have several non-motor symptoms and quality of life of people with Parkinson’s disease.
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