National Walking Month: How Walking Can Help Your Parkinson’s

May in National Walking Month in the UK – here’s how walking can benefit people with Parkinson’s across Europe

Being active is one of the best ways to improve your Parkinson’s symptoms, and, for those with good mobility, walking is one of the easiest exercises you can do. It requires no special equipment (Nordic walking aside) – and you can do it in your garden, at your local park or simply by increasing your steps as you go about your daily life.

Four ways to get involved in National Walking Month – in the UK and beyond

Parkinson’s UK is holding a 100 Mile Challenge, where people with and without the condition can get active and walk a total of 100 miles however they like within the month of May while fundraising for vital research into treatments and a cure for the condition: https://events.parkinsons.org.uk/event/walk-parkinsons-100 and The organisation is also holding further Walk for Parkinson’s events across the UK from June to October.
Elsewhere in Europe, in northern Belgium Parkili.be is holding its annual spring walk on 25 May in Puyenbroeck park in Wachtebeke. You can sign up to walk 10 km or 5km, according to your ability: https://www.parkili.be/event-details/jaarlijkse-lente-wandeling
And wherever you are based, you can join in with the European Brain Foundation’s #Move4YrBrain campaign: https://www.brainfoundation.eu/move-for-your-brain Simply join their Strava group to share your walks – or runs – with them.
Why not use National Walking Month as an excuse to look for Parkinson’s walking groups near you? Try contacting your local or national Parkinson’s organisation for help: https://parkinsonseurope.org/who-we-are/our-members