Parkinson's & parkinsonism · Bhopal
Physiotherapy at home for walking, freezing, balance and getting out of a chair. A physiotherapist comes to you, and supervises the sessions in between , because with Parkinson's, the practice that stops is the practice that stops helping.
Does this sound familiar?
Why the exercise lapses
With Parkinson's, consistency isn't part of the treatment. It largely is the treatment.
Movement is better at some points in the medicine cycle than others. A fixed clinic appointment rarely lands on the right hour.
Uneven ground, crowds, kerbs and doorways are exactly where freezing and falls happen. Getting to therapy can be harder than the therapy.
When the goal is holding on to what you have, nothing feels like improvement, and it becomes very easy to let the sessions slide.
What the treatment involves
Parkinson's makes movement small without it feeling small. We train deliberately large steps, reaches and turns so normal size stops feeling like effort.
Simple counting, rhythm and visual cues you can use at the doorway, the kerb and the bathroom: practised in your own house, where the freezing happens.
Turning, changing direction and recovering a stumble: the movements most often involved when someone with Parkinson's falls.
Standing up, rolling over, getting off the bed at night. Practised on your furniture, not on a clinic plinth.
Physiotherapy does not change the condition itself. It is not a treatment for Parkinson's and we will never present it as one. What it aims to do is keep movement, balance and independence for as long as possible, alongside the care your neurologist provides.
What to expect
Baseline measured. Cueing strategies and large-movement training taught, and tried out in the exact places at home where you get stuck.
Visits reduce. Supervised sessions on the days between keep the movements full-sized, because they shrink again quietly when nobody is watching.
Fewer sessions, still supervised, reassessed every three months and adjusted as the condition and the medication change.
Parkinson's is progressive, and the plan changes with it. Your physiotherapist reviews the measurements with you every four weeks and gives you the picture in writing.
What we measure
Ask anyone with Parkinson's whether this month is better than last and the honest answer is usually that they can't tell. So we measure the same five things every week , and your neurologist gets them too.
You stop arguing about whether it's getting worse, and start looking at what actually changed.
Illustration of the weekly measures. Figures are examples, not a patient's results.
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Who would look after you
With a condition that changes slowly, a clinician who has seen you every month notices things a new one cannot. A senior physiotherapist assesses you, writes the plan, reviews it every four weeks and stays with you. If it isn't working, tell us and we will change it.
Before you enquire
We work alongside your neurologist, never instead of one. Your measurements go to them every week, and anything concerning is referred back the same day.
No cost · no obligation
A senior physiotherapist comes to you in Bhopal, measures where you are today, and tells you honestly whether we can help. If we are not the right people, we will say where to go instead.