ARVADA, CO - JANUARY: Karen Talcot, second from right, takes part in a Reconnect with your Body dance class at APEX Community Recreation Center on January 24, 2018 in Arvada, Colorado. Talcot, who has had Parkinson's for seven years takes several exercise classes a week including the Reconnect With Your Body class which is every Tuesday afternoon. This is a dance class that emphasizes a lot of rhythmic movement. The University of Colorado produced new research that says hard, physical exercise can stall the onset of Parkinson's Disease. Treadmills, fast walking, no-contact boxing and dancing are just some of the exercises people can use to stave off Parkinson's disease. The class is taught by Sarah Leversee. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Parkinson’s disease could be helped with exercise, study says (Denver Post article)

It doesn’t take long after she begins gliding across the dance floor that Karen Talcott forgets she has Parkinson’s disease. Her physical symptoms, including stiffness, pain and tremors on the right side of her body, quickly evaporate once she focuses on the music in her almost daily dance classes. She also breaks other shackles brought on by Parkinson’s. “The dancing also helps with fear, anxiety and depression,” Talcott said. “It’s the best medicine ever for this thing.”

New research led by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Northwestern Medicine appears to back her claim. They found that high-intensity exercise three times a week is not only safe for people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease, it also decreases the worsening of motor symptoms.

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