Opposition to exercise

My Name is John Pepper. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1992. My first symptoms showed up in 1963, when I found that I could not throw a ball properly.

I am not a doctor, nor do I have any medical training. However! I have lived with Pd for over fifty years and I have not needed to take any Pd medication since 2002. This is, in my opinion, because I only took an MAO-b inhibitor for medication for 8 years and I did regular determined WALKING for all those 8 years. I also got rid of all HARMFUL STRESS out of my life and adopted a very POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

My experience, ever since 2002 has been that there are many patients who think they are unable to exercise at the levels I suggest, or they are not interested in doing any exercise, even though the rewards are so enormous.

I have not ever been able to persuade these people that they are capable of doing the required exercise.

I have been able to demonstrate to every Pd patient, who has asked me to show them, or has volunteered to be shown, how to walk, when focusing on the individual movements.

None of them has ever failed to be able to, ‘Walk Properly’, while focusing on their actual movements. This applied to bed-ridden patients as well. Whether they carried on walking properly, I do not know. However, if I were personally able to be with them all the time, to be able to get them used to doing this, then I have no doubt that they would continue to do it

You can lead a horse to the water

BUT YOU CAN’T MAKE IT DRINK!