Is there an insurmountable gap between the sports freak and Parkinson's disease?

I used to be much better at it, I was the best on the pitch when it came to sports.

And now? This will never be the same.

I can't.

I do not want.

That's no good.

How could it come to this?
This is where emotional, physical and cognitive patterns play a nasty game!

One thing is quite clear: pure training can have a significant effect on some things and turn them back:

• having fewer symptoms and being able to walk more easily and safely - this is easy to do if you have good training support;
• a better mood sets in automatically with every workout;
• our observations also show: you should continue training after 2 days at the latest in order to keep the level FOR motivation high!

But: that goes well for a while, but if the distance between the remembered self-image of the athletic athlete and the current one is too great, the termination of the important training is inevitable.

So what to do?
If you recognize yourself in the description, then give yourself an understanding nod, maybe even hold yourself in your arms for a moment: what emotion comes up?

Watch.

To let go.

go further.

If you could use your athletics FOR a better feeling with your Parkinson's, what would it be?

You can find out more in our lecture series on World Parkinson's Day!

Lecture 1: The art of living instead of the burden of life: changing the inner attitude through sport and better countering motor and non-motor symptoms

Tue, 25.4. 15 p.m. via Zoom
Lecturer: Dr. Mareike Schwed,
Graduate sports scientist

Sport and exercise are elementary for a modern lifestyle with Parkinson's. The will is great to invest a lot of time in training and sport for one's own well-being and the body with its symptoms. But what about the moments when there is training stress, self-doubt and a guilty conscience? What if you like to overdo it because you're on a workout frenzy and then need days to recover? What if movement tasks trigger you because you see what is no longer possible?

We want to illuminate these difficult issues with our knowledge and experience of how exercise can be used to reduce stressors.

For years, the NEP concept of the neurowerkstatt has integrated the development of suitable exercises for the improvement of motor and non-motor symptoms, since - as everyone can observe themselves - emotions can affect the symptoms and vice versa.

Register here for the 1st lecture

Lecture 2: Can you train away from Parkinson's disease? About the opportunities and limits that come with the polypille sport

Wed, 26.4. 15 p.m. via Zoom
Speakers: Viola Tonn,
Sports and cognitive scientist

Sport and exercise are part of a modern lifestyle with Parkinson's. Self-help groups are increasingly offering exercise options, PingPong Parkinson's is widespread, our Parkinson's celebrity Frank Elstner himself is there Boxing and even Parkinson's parkour - as an extreme sport - is practiced with great joy.

The opinion that people with Parkinson's cannot learn to move is long outdated. The opposite is the case: to what extent can the brain be stimulated to compensate for or even stop Parkinson's symptoms by learning new movement tasks? We want to discuss these questions based on existing scientific findings and bring them to life from our wealth of experience. For young people, for people with mild to moderate mobility restrictions, for people with... freezing. For people who want to be motivated.

Register here for the 2st lecture

Online training: Ease of movement with Parkinson's - join us, we'll get you going

Thursday, April 27.04th 15 p.m. via Zoom
with sports scientist Viola Tonn

Get the whole family on the PC and let's get moving: we'll get moving together so that you feel light and agile - through playful movement. Almost 20 years of experience are behind our Parkinson's training based on the neurowerksatt NEP concept.

Register here for online training

We look forward to your participation.

Kind regards
Marieke Schwed