Patients with Parkinson's disease are prone to fluctuating symptoms every winter. Many pa friends often encounter such a situation after the effect of the drug: when you try to do something that you usually do or repeat, like walking, getting up from a chair, you will feel like you are stuck and unable to move.
This is actually what is often said to be freezing. Generally speaking, it happens when you take a road that is too narrow, encounters obstacles, corners, needs to pass through or through a door, etc. So, how do you adjust when a frozen gait occurs to avoid falling?
Ways to avoid wrestling
Step 1: Don't be in a hurry
Generally speaking, the more anxious you are to do something, the more difficult it is to complete, so it is better to simply pause. If you sit up, stand up first, so as to help find a better posture to move again, pay attention to the posture to be correct, look up and chest and do not hunch your back.
Step 2: Take a deep breath and relax your body
Taking a deep breath and relaxing all stressful areas, such as the hands, neck or jaw, can help reduce anxiety and allow your brain to refocus on what you're trying to accomplish instead of thinking about coping with something else.
Step 3: Pay attention to the shift in center of gravity
If standing, try to shift the center of gravity from the hips to the feet; if you are sitting, move the shoulders back and forth so that the center of gravity shifts between the hips and feet. But whether you're sitting or standing, keep your head up and chest up.
Step 4: Stand or step hard
When your feet are glued to the ground, the body instinctively forces them to move. For example, when you feel that a freeze is about to happen, simply stop, stand still and take a deep breath. Slowly shift your center of gravity from one foot to the other until you can complete the step. Remember: When walking, first follow the ground with your feet, bend your toes, and then touch the ground on your toes.
Gait considerations when walking
Since patients with Parkinson's disease have a frozen gait, they only need to concentrate on thinking about stopping the frozen gait, and the frozen gait can be safely restarted after stopping; therefore, patients with frozen gait should also pay attention to the following three points when walking:
Avoid obviously known triggers
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For example, crowded places or narrow doorways. To avoid these situations, you can wait for a while, wait for the crowd to walk past, and then start walking, turn around and try to walk in a large circle.
Set yourself a "secret code"
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People with Parkinson's disease can sometimes have difficulty self-suggesting, so some external cues can be used to help patients end their gait freezing dilemma. Such as objects that can be stepped over or lines on the floor.
Practice stepping
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When practicing steps, look straight ahead with both eyes, keep your body upright, and don't lean forward on your upper body. When starting, the feet should be raised as high as possible, the stride should be as slow and large as possible, the order of the feet landing on the ground is first heel and then tiptoe, and the arms naturally swing back and forth when walking. The key is to "raise the leg high and take a big stride", and you can place an obstacle about 10 cm high in front of the foot for gait training.
These are some of the precautions for freezing gaits and ways to avoid falling. In addition, it should also be noted that under the guidance of a doctor, it is necessary to take the drug on time and according to the law, and reduce the drug shutdown period.