Health Professionals all agree that it is really important to exercise when you receive a diagnoses of Parkinson’s. Joints and muscles tend to become stiff and rigid. An exercise bike Parkinson’s disease can help to reduce stress, anxiety and depression and will give a sense of achievement. It is really important not to give up exercising when tremors become a problem, or indeed to begin if exercise has never been a part of your daily routine before.

The evidence for this is research based and it is even thought that exercise can slow down the loss of dopamine producing nerve cells. No treatment can do this presently. It is important that any regime is regular, and it doesn’t have to be for a long amount of time or high in impact.

Exercising regularly will help you to maintain your abilities for as long as possible. It should also help to strengthen your muscles; increase joint mobility and build up general fitness as it would in any able bodied person.

In the early stages of the disease many people join an exercise class and the social aspect of this can be a real bonus. Recently there has been research carried out by a doctor in America with Parkinson’s who has found that cycling has a real beneficial effect on her symptoms. After cycling for 15 miles her tremors visibly disappeared. Later a trial was done where 3 patients rode for 40 minutes on an exercise bike for Parkinson’s disease, for 8 weeks, and a 35% improvement in symptoms was seen.

Later on you may feel more self conscious and exercising at home may be preferable. This is where equipment like the static pedals on the floor may be given to you by a physiotherapist. However, we believe at The Accessible Planet that there is a better solution on the market, which exercises both feet and arms, and gives an overall better workout which will increase the overall benefits of exercising by cycle for longer.