• Effectiveness

  Major (for General health)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for Improve flexibility/strength)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for Improve mobility)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for mobility decreased)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for walking difficult without aid)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (muscle aches)
• Adherence

  Never taken as prescribed
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 30 min Weekly

Advice & Tips: after dbs, i am having great difficulty running, or walking fast. i have very little trouble walking slowly, though. running stairs is a little harder than before dbs, but i find i get more benefit from walking (in terms of improving my walking) than from stairs. so for now i'm sticking with walking, especially since stairs can be very tiring.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for General health)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for Improve mobility)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (muscle aches)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 30 min Weekly

Advice & Tips: I have discovered that if I don't walk regularly, I seem to forget how, even if I'm otherwise quite fit (from elliptical or exercise bike) . And once I start having walking difficulties, I tend to go into a downward spiral, where I freeze more and more, and walk less (or go very slowly  due to freezing, so that I get little benefit from it) . But I have also pfound that climbing stairs helps me retain, and regain, my walking ability.  And no matter how much trouble I have with freezing while walking, I never freeze while climbing stairs.  And running stairs is even better. So I do stairs two or three days weekly. But I do have to ensure I don't overdo it, since stair climbing can be very strenuous. The fact that it is so strenuous can be a positive - you can get a great aerobic workout in a very short time.  Also, it is great for strengthening the legs.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for General health)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (muscle aches)
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 min Monthly

Advice & Tips: I usually work out at a gym. But Sunday mornings it's closed, so then I walk around the neighborhood. But if the weather is bad, I'll climb stairs instead. One thing I've found - I sometimes start climbing stairs before taking my medication, and after twenty or thirty minutes I'll come on, as if I had taken my medication. (Unfortunately this state only last ten or twenty minutes.) Stair climbing is quite strenuous - so don't do it unless you're in good shape (or start very slowly).

Cost: < $25 monthly