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Re: External focus improves postural instability



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------Original Message------
From: mschild
Sender: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyTo: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
Subject: Re: External focus improves postural instability
Sent: Mar 28, 2009 3:45 PM

> Ok, I get it. Instead of 'thinking' about your leg and feet muscles, to
> stay upright, you rather concentrate, (focus), on the stable surroundings.
> Much like focusing on the horizon to avoid sea sickness on a rocking boat.


Yes.
Visualizing the mouvement before you start it also helps. They have found out 
that when you watch someone rowing (for example), your brain sends signals to 
your muscles as though you were rowing to.
Athletes find that visualizing a mouvement before learning it (jump, 
somersault or whatever) helps reduce the accidents.
I tried it with John ( 'my' PWP) when he went through a patch of not being 
able to get up from the bed alone and it worked.

maryse

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