Home PD Exercise Options
Including Local Options
Below you will find links for at-home exercise options. Remember to consult your physician before starting any new exercise program.
Local: Our Purposeful Movement and Wellness team including Gannon University Professors Dr. David LeVan, OT and Dr. Courtney Roca, PT and retired Professor Tom Hudson, PT along with graduate OT students Taylor Mandley, Lily Bargabus, Ashley Tomasko and Brianna Murosky, Aurora Brown, Lauren Greenlee, Caitlin McKee and DPT student Brandi Tirado have created some home exercise videos that you can access on YouTube:
- NEW: https://youtu.be/DKXrGoaizJ8 (created by Carrie Pratt, OT student and Riley Fanaro, Radiological Sciences student)
- NEW: https://youtu.be/C7Y8rLMUjzA (created by Claire D’Amore, OT student and Alexandra Gyory, OT student)
- Winter: https://youtu.be/HqUZ7CyOcjA
- Winter: https://youtu.be/shnsCH9rqC8
- Fall : https://youtu.be/mowyEAf7qK0
- Fall: https://youtu.be/PZ62_U84Hq8
- Fall: https://youtu.be/fFkGBU-vJ90
- Summer Part 1: https://youtu.be/IcsBTPoX1dU
- Summer Part 2: https://youtu.be/I8pjybERaxA
- Spring Part 1: https://youtu.be/-ud1erTZcmA
- Spring Part 2: https://youtu.be/2XiSyoiXBfM
Seated:
- Power for PD:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QTes9SMZKbSzDS-nvhr3g/videos
- Sit and Be Fit: https://www.youtube.com/user/SitandBeFitTVSHOW/videos
Seated and Standing:
- Unique Physique Fitness Center: https://www.facebook.com/watch/UniquePhysiqueFitnessCenter/
- APDA: https://www.apdaparkinson.org/free-online-exercise-and-therapy/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=4c51adf3-809e-4c84-b67a-623c6512cf34
LIVE Classes from Parkinson Foundation of Western PA: remember you must pre-register to attend these live classes. There is a large variety of options so we encourage you to check them out. Thank you, PFWPA for including our group.