HOW TO TREAT PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Depending on the nature and severity of your condition, your treatment program may focus on activities and education to help you: • Improve your fitness level, strength, and flexibility • Develop more effective strategies to get in and out of bed, chairs, and cars • Turn over in bed more easily • Stand and turn to change directions more efficiently • Improve the smoothness and coordination of your walking • Improve your ability to perform hand movements • Decrease your risk of falling • Improve your ability to climb and descend stairs and curbs Some of the medications designed to manage PD symptoms may have an immediate positive effect. For example, movement is typically much easier shortly after you begin taking certain PD medications. A physical therapist will know how to time treatments, exercise, and activity based on both the schedule and the effects of your medications to get the best results. Parkinson’s disease can make daily activities seem frustrating and time- consuming. A physical therapist will become a partner with you and your family to help you combat and manage the symptoms of PD. As your condition changes, your treatment program will be adjusted to help you be as independent and as active as possible. • Perform more than 1 task at a time more efficiently • Participate in activities that are important to you
Some people with PD benefit from using a cane or a walker. A physical therapist can work with you to determine if any of these devices may be helpful to you. If you need physical assistance to help you with moving in bed or getting out of a chair, a physical therapist can team with you and your family to develop strategies to make moving easier and help prevent injury. In addition, a physical therapist can make suggestions on changes to your home environment to optimize safe and efficient daily function at home.
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LEMON ROSEMARY SALMON
INGREDIENTS • 1 lemon, thinly sliced • 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 2 salmon fillets • Salt to taste • 1 tablespoon olive oil
DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Arrange half the lemon slices in a single layer in a baking dish. Layer with 2 sprigs rosemary, and top with salmon fillets. Sprinkle salmon with salt, layer with remaining rosemary sprigs, and top with remaining lemon slices. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until fish is easily flaked with a fork.
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