Physical Therapists

The following resources are designed for physical therapists in all care settings who want to provide the best care for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Below you’ll find a list of educational materials, including webinars, podcast episodes and fact sheets which we encourage you to share with your patients and colleagues.

You will additionally find resources to advance your professional education, including our online course and in-person trainings.

Resources for your patients:

Publications

• Fitness Counts, A Body Guide to Parkinson’s Disease
• Managing Parkinson’s Mid-Stride: A Treatment Guide to Parkinson’s

Fact Sheets

• Physical Therapy and PD
• Exercise and Parkinson’s
• Falls Prevention
• Fatigue and Parkinson’s
• Finding a Specialist

Expert Briefing Webinars

• Freezing or Sweating Falls When Walking with PD
  Presenter: Fay B. Horak, PhD, PT, Oregon Health and Science University
• Gait, Balance and Falls in Parkinson’s Disease
  Presenter: Terry Ellis, PhD, PT, NCS, Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation: Sargent College
• The Effects of Exercise on PD
  Presenter: Margaret Schenkman, PT, PhD, FAPTA, University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Physical Therapy & PD: What You Need to Know
  Presenter: Heather J. Cianci, PT, MS, GCS, Dan Aaron Parkinson’s Rehabilitation Center at Penn Therapy and Fitness

Podcast Episodes

• The Benefits of Exercise for People with Parkinson’s
  Guest Speaker: Bas Bloem, MD, PhD, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
• Ask the Parkinson’s Foundation Helpline: Your Exercise Questions Answered
  Guest Speaker: Jill McClure, Parkinson’s Foundation
• Stall the Fall
  Guest Speaker: Sotirios A. Parashos, MD, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology and Struthers Parkinson’s Center

Other

• Neuroprotective Benefits of Exercise

​​​​​Freezing of Gait Resources

• Fact Sheet
• Publication: Fitness Counts
• Publication: Managing Parkinson’s Mid-stride 
• Expert Briefing: Freezing or Sweating Falls When Walking with Parkinson's Disease
• Podcast Episode 66: Freezing of Gait
• Podcast Episode 18: Stall the Fall
• Video: How Can Caregivers Help with Freezing Episodes?
• Video: Are There Any Tips to Use for Freezing?
• Blog: Walking with Parkinson’s: Freezing, Balance and Falls

Resources for you:

• Physical Therapy Faculty Program
• Parkinson's Foundation Team Training
• Physical Therapy Course (release date coming soon) View the Sneak Peek Here