What is Parkinson’s?
This condition is not curable, but symptoms can be managed with medication, therapy, and movement.
What is Parkinson’s disease?
People with parkinson’s may shake and may fall while doing this.
What is walking?
This type of fun movement, like dancing or stretching, at least 2.5 hours a week can help people with Parkinson’s feel better.
What is exercise?
Judy Garland played Dorothy in this colorful classic.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This brain chemical helps control smooth, coordinated movement.
What is Dopamine?
It is important to take parkinson’s medicine at the same time every day to help manage these tremors and uncoordinated movements.
What are symptoms?
Parkinson’s can sometimes make people feel this emotion more easily — but it’s not their fault!
What is sadness/depression?
This product used to be delivered to your doorstep in glass bottles.
What is milk?
This is the key reason for slow and uncontrollable movements in Parkinson’s.
What is a loss of dopamine cells?
This type of therapy can help improve gait, balance, and reduce the risk of falls.
What is physical therapy?
This gentle shaking of the hands is one of the earliest signs of Parkinson’s.
What is a tremor?
This romantic film ends with the line, “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
What is Casablanca?
The specific part of the brain, where dopamine-producing cells are mainly located. It is smaller in people with Parkinson’s.
What is the Substantia Nigra?
Exercise like yoga and tai chi can help improve this.
What is balance?
The organization that offers offers virtual physiotherapy.
What is the Parkinson Society British Columbia (PSBC)?
He was president during World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This is the main organ affected by Parkinson’s disease.
What is the brain?
This medication helps raise dopamine levels in the brain to improve movement.
What is levodopa?
This actor starring in Back to the Future was diagnosed with Parkinson's at 29.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?