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"Early PT" doesn't mean starting before you need it. Research shows disability is delayed when exercise is sustained over long periods, not started once and stopped. Symptoms show up even before diagnosis is confirmed, and global guidelines now call for referral right at diagnosis. Here's what starting early actually buys you, and why waiting costs more than people think.

Most people assume that if physical therapy would help them, someone in their care team will say so. The research says otherwise. Referral rates for Parkinson's disease vary wildly by clinic, most people are only referred after they've already fallen, and a majority of people who clinically need PT are never referred at all. Here's why that gap exists, and why you don't have to wait for someone to hand you permission to start.

Ask most people what stops a fall and they'll say balance, or maybe leg strength. Almost nobody says arms. But when you actually slip, off a curb, on a wet floor, your arm often does more of the saving than your legs do. New research found a fast outward arm movement can cut your odds of falling during a slip by more than 200 percent, and that speed depends on a type of muscle fiber most fall prevention programs never train. Here's why power training is important.

Somewhere along the way, falls got filed under "just part of having Parkinson's." Something that happens to you, not something you can see coming. We want to push back on that, because the research doesn't support it. A 2026 panel of Parkinson's specialists ranked exercise as the top fall prevention strategy, and a year-long study found something even more surprising: memory and processing speed predicted falls almost as well as balance did. Falls aren't purely a leg problem.

YOPD doesn't wait for a convenient time. It shows up mid-career, mid-parenting, mid-mortgage. Here's the honest picture, and the parts you can control.

Women with Parkinson's get told it's stress, hormones, or anxiety. Here's what's really going on, and why the research keeps missing them.

Parkinson's gets painted as an old man's disease. The data tells a more complicated story, especially for younger people and for women, who keep getting left out of the research.

It is one of the most common symptoms of multiple sclerosis and the least likely to come up at an appointment. A systematic review published last month found that sexual dysfunction remains under-recognized in MS care and underrepresented in clinical guidelines. Here is what that means, and what you can do about it.

Sleep is one of the most common non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease and one of the least likely to get a real answer at an appointment. New research compared exercise types head to head and found a clear winner. Here is what it means for you.

Nobody warns you about the fatigue. It's one of the most disruptive and most invisible symptoms of Parkinson's and MS, and it's not solved by getting more sleep.

If the exercise advice you've gotten for Parkinson's feels like it was written for someone else's body and someone else's life, you're not wrong. Here's why, and what we built instead.

"Am I the right fit for this?" comes up every time we open a new program. Here's the honest answer, including who Summer Strong is built for and who might need a different kind of support.

There's a real gap between what the research says exercise can do for Parkinson's and what most people actually get handed at an appointment. So I built the program I kept wishing I could point people to. Here's what's inside Summer Strong, and why it's put together the way it is.

The walk that used to flatten you for two days can become your warm-up. Your optimal movement zone is not fixed. Here is what recent peer-reviewed research shows about how consistent, well-dosed movement changes what your body can do when you are living with Parkinson's or MS.

Why Your Parkinson's Symptoms Change Day to Day (and What the Research Says About It)

The brain structure responsible for making habits feel automatic is the same one most affected by Parkinson's disease. So when a routine doesn't stick, it's not a willpower problem. It's neuroanatomy. And once you understand that, everything about how you approach it changes.

If you have Parkinson's disease or MS, you have probably been told that exercise matters. But most people never get a real explanation of why, or what kind actually makes a difference for the brain, or how to do it without making things worse. This post breaks all of that down. We cover what the peer-reviewed research says about aerobic exercise and neuroplasticity, why intensity matters more than most people realize, and what people with Parkinson's and MS in the Farmington

Posture is not a habit or a personality trait. It is a reflection of your muscular system. When the muscles responsible for holding you upright are strong and balanced, good posture is relatively effortless. When those muscles weaken, tighten unevenly, or lose coordination, the body compensates by shifting forward, rounding, and collapsing in on itself. That shift is not laziness. It is physics. This post is for anyone who has noticed themselves rounding forward more than th

Freezing of gait can feel scary and unpredictable, especially at doorways, turns, and tight spaces. This blog explains why freezing happens, why cueing strategies work, and how daily practice can improve confidence, recovery, and control.

Struggling to walk and talk at the same time? In Parkinson’s disease and MS, dual-tasking becomes harder as movement requires more attention. This blog explains why that happens and how targeted training can improve balance, confidence, and real-world mobility.