Editorials
Original thoughts and essays from PCLA's vibrant writing community.
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Self-Care Toolbox for Parkinson’s
Ziya “Z” Altug, PT, DPT, MS, DipACLM, OCS, is a board-certified orthopaedic physical therapist, health coach, and a certified lifestyle medicine professional from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. His quarterly column covers evidence-based wellness and physical activity research for the PD community.
Fun Fitness for Parkinson’s: Enjoyable and Playful Daily Movement
Exercise is not optional in Parkinson’s; it is the foundational pillar in disease management.
Music for Parkinson’s: Finding Your Rhythm
Music is a universal language — and for people living with Parkinson’s disease, it may also be a powerful therapeutic tool.
Feldenkrais Method®️ For Parkinsons: Learn to Move with More Ease
The Feldenkrais Method, developed by a physicist-neuroscientist, is a body of work that focuses on what the body can do while learning new possibilities to discover easier movement.
Simon Says
Simon Gornick writes this monthly column for PCLA to express his viewpoints as a professional screen writer, content writer, and a YOPD with tons of experience.
Simon Says...I’m doing okay!
For many of us though compartmentalizing is a hefty challenge. To beat the gloom there may be pharmacological protocols to try, as well as exercise and eating right. But I know that I can’t give up.
Simon Says...Trial and Error
One thing you get used to very fast after you’ve been diagnosed with PD, and that’s how often you’ll hear about a drug or device trial that’s going to be a “game changer."
Simon Says...Let Go
If you’re new to the Parkinson’s club and haven’t already figured it out, once PD has you in its kung fu grip, after your “honeymoon” period of being less symptomatic, it never lets go.
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