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Rock Climbing for Parkinson's helps delay/improve symptoms?
Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Oct 16 8:53am | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
At 81 years old, I know nothing about rock climbing in a gym or as an outdoor sport. I had to look up the meaning of "belay". "To belay is to secure or hold the end of a climbing rope so that the climber won't fall far if she slips. Your friend might climb a rock wall first, while you belay for her. You can belay on your own by fixing the end of your rope, but it's more common — and safer — to have a partner belay for you while you climb." Source Vocabulary.com
I attach some photos of what some of the "rocks" look like in the Roca Gym. I understand the colors represent different paths and that exercises our brain too.
If anyone knows more, please let me know.
Joe Smith
Rochester, Minnesota
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I’m not sure my husband could do the climbing on the rock walls but he does attend a class called “Climb” two days a week and it is an intense 45 min exercise class only for Parkinson’s patients. He says it gives him a better workout than his PT did. He can’t do the boxing since on a blood thinners. Sounds like that would be fun though.